THE COVID-19: A CHANCE FOR EUROPE?

The European Union (EU) and its Member States have had to deal with the health impact of Covid-19 and the economic and social impact of the decisions taken. Where it was competent to do so, the EU deployed an arsenal of measures. On this occasion, a big step was taken with the Franco-German agreement for a joint loan. But the crisis reinforces the trends at work, exposes the ecological and social fragility of a development model and the internal or external vulnerabilities of the EU. We urgently need to integrate the long term. This could be the role in particular of the conference on the future of the Union.