In spring 2020, Europe was struck by a virus. COVID-19 has paralyzed the European Union and the political turning point of the COVID-19 crisis will drag on Europe—on the EU—for a long time to come. The EU displayed a bad picture, at least in the
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change
Expressions of Global Ecological and Societal Misbalances
Harry G. J. Nijhuis and Laurent J.G. van der Maesen
segment: Germany: 7.7 mgt; South Africa: 7.7 mgt; China: 7.4 mgt.; and the European Union as a whole 5.4 mgt Lowest segment: Brazil: 2.2 mgt; India 1.8 mgt; Pakistan: 1.1 mgt. With the traditional presentations, the United States, India, China, and
The Case of Germany
Civil Society and Civic Activism in the Pandemic
Susann Worschech
Germany, this represents an infection rate of 5 percent and a death rate of 2.24 percent ( Figure 1 ). 1 Compared to other European countries (the infection rate was about 7.4 percent across the European Union [EU]) and also worldwide, the average
Museums and the Pandemic, One Year On
Some Reflections on Academic Resilience
Joanna Cobley
re-thought course delivery and the way they conducted research. Pieter works at a university in a European Union member country. In mid-May 2021, I emailed and asked if he would be interested in joining an edited book project. In his long and careful
Anna Tsetoura
, A. 2015 . “ The Role of Fundamental Social Rights Vis-À-Vis the Economic Policies in the European Union . The Impact on National Affairs.” [In Greek.] Social Security Law Review April–May–June: 283 – 367 . Tsetoura , A. 2022 . “ The Focus
The Case of Italy
The Societal Impact of COVID-19 in a Fragmented Society
Jan Martin Rossi
Italy was among the first countries in the European Union (EU) where the presence of COVID-19 became apparent. On 9 March, the Italian government became the first in Europe to announce an unprecedented national lockdown, effectively paralyzing the
The Case of the United Kingdom
Mapping Localism, Resilience, and Civic Activism in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tony Bradley, Issam Malki, Curtis Ziniel, and Asad Ghalib
south 2 ( Tomaney and Pike 2020 ). This has taken place within the wider backdrop of national devolution (House of Commons 2016), Britain's exit (Brexit) from the European Union (EU), and voter volatility in a turbulent world ( Fieldhouse et al. 2019
Harlan Koff and Carmen Maganda
Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA]), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Pacific Alliance, and it has established free trade agreements with the European Union, Central American countries, and many South American
Viral Intimacy and Catholic Nationalist Political Economy
Covid-19 and the Community Response in Rural Ireland
David Whyte
responsibility for pursuing funds directly from the central government and the European Union. ‘The partnership approach’, defined at the outset of this section, is the name that has been given to this policy of responsibility- and expertise-sharing in Irish
Andrew Dawson
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health-care workers were due in part to a post-Brexit reluctance to collaborate with the European Union ( Boffey 2020 ). Furthermore, of course, these short-term problems were compounded by longer-term underfunding of