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Euroviews. Love in the time of coronavirus: why our lives in crisis should foster empathy for refugees ǀ View
At present, being in exile from my homeland of Canada (which has virtually shut its borders), feeling cut off from my loved ones overseas, gripped by anxiety for their well-being as well as my own, I have a new and visceral appreciation for the experiences of people caught up in catastrophes.
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Euroviews. Globalisation is no longer business as usual. Coronavirus has changed how the world works ǀ View
This virus has created mayhem the world over, threatening to topple globalisation itself, the organising system of free markets, free trade, free financial flows and free movement of people that has been dominating the planet since the end of the Cold War.
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Iran
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Hungary
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'EU countries want us to take a stronger role' - Commission faces test of unity amid corona crisis
European Commissioner Ylva Johansson says there are problems to be solved in how the EU deals with with the crisis as a unit, but that member states are willing to work together, despite several countries taking unilateral decisions in previous days.