Press release: EU as a favorite scapegoat at the time of COVID-19 and why the truth is now more important than ever

Mauro Ferrari's alleged resignation as President of the European Research Council (ERC) relaunched the Eurosceptic debate on whether the EU failed during the coronavirus crisis. The story was eagerly taken over by the media and politicians as evidence of satisfaction and justification; satisfaction for their false narratives of the EU's lack of response and justification of their own neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can read the full press release in Czech on the right side of this article.

Lucie Laštíková
Communications Manager

Christian Kvorning Lassen
Deputy Director & Head of Research

Expertise: Migration/European migration crisis, EU foreign policy, Scandinavian politics, populism, EU enlargement policy

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