EU MONITOR: Backsliding of democracy in Slovenia under right-wing populist Janez Janša

In his latest EU Monitor, Žiga Faktor examines the backsliding of democracy in Slovenia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Czech Republic’s Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic: Chaotic Success Story?

Zuzana Stuchlíková wrote an article for the Robert Schuman Foundation about Czechia's response to COVID-19. The article was published as a part of the series Managing COVID-19, A Journey Through Europe.

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EASTERN MONITOR: Western Balkans in the fight against the COVID-19: Another cause for democratic backsliding?

In her latest Eastern Monitor, Jana Juzová examines the fight of western Balkans countries against the COVID-19.

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Brief on COVID-19: WHO under threat? Maintaining multilateralism and global cooperation in times of COVID-19

In her brief, Danielle Piatkiewicz writes about the need of multilateral and international cooperation when the COVID-19 crisis ends.

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INVITATION: EU± // Europeanisation in the times of corona pandemics (online)

The corona pandemics has touched all countries in the European Union as well as the European institutions. The live online debate will discuss how the concept of Europeanisation help us understand the current developments in the EU and anticipate the future.

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Is the COVID-19 pandemic the Hungarian democracy's coup de grace

In his blog, our intern Filip Sidó writes about the COVID-19 pandemic and democracy in Hungary.

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Brief on COVID-19: European integration continues on several fronts as the COVID-19 crisis escalates. Without the Czech Republic

In his brief, Jiří Lacina explores the impact of COVID-19 on the future development of European integration and the role of Czechia in this development.

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EU crisis response in tackling COVID-19. Views from the Member States

Christian Kvorning Lassen from Europeum together with Jan Kovář from Institute of International Relations Prague wrote a commentary "Czech Republic: political elites and citizens view EU cooperation with scepticism" for the EPIN Report publication, concerned with EU Member States' crisis reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.

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Europeum and COVID-19

Explore our publications, events and other activities concerning the pandemic and its consequences.

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