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Euroviews. The EU’s COVID-19 budget and recovery plans must ensure a safe and healthy future for all ǀ View
Billions of euros of collective public monies will be invested to restart Europe’s economy, as countries emerge from lockdown. The level of investment is set to spark a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape the direction of our societies and to resonate in countries far from Europe.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. The negative impact of the pandemic on the mental health of NHS staff is being ignored ǀ View
Whilst the focus has been on the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) and swiftly expanding bed capacity in the NHS to meet potential future needs, the mental health and emotional well-being of clinicians has been somewhat of an afterthought.
Germany
Euroviews. Global business must follow Germany’s private sector in linking COVID19 aid to climate action ǀ View
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the global economy. But it has also caused a respite in global emissions which some have interpreted as the dawn of a new chapter in the fight against climate change. But that new chapter is already taking a turn for the worse.
Moldova
Euroviews. Andrian Candu: Moldova’s future is being put on the line by a Trojan loan from Moscow ǀ View
Never let a good crisis go to waste. This seems to be the motto of the current political leadership of Moldova, which wants to take advantage of the pandemic to further weaken our democracy and economy and to advance shady deals, including a €200 million loan with Russia.
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Switzerland
Euroviews. As coronavirus sweeps Europe, unaccompanied refugee children are becoming more vulnerable ǀ View
As an American expat mother and volunteer working with refugee families, I didn’t think the situation for mother and child refugees could get much worse in Europe, but indeed it has.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. The “Ramadan bailout” of Zakat could help the world avoid a post-COVID-19 Great Depression ǀ View
The rest of the world should take this crisis as an opportunity to reach a new accommodation between the worldly and the otherworldly. Capitalism is not dying - it is simply going through a rebirth of almost religious significance.
China
Euroviews. Irresponsible wet market practices led to COVID-19. China hasn’t learned its lesson ǀ View
The US should convene the UN Security Council (UNSC) for an emergency session in order to engage with China and others to seek an immediate cessation of all wet-market activities around the world, provide transparency on that cessation, facilitate international inspection of all relevant sites...
United Kingdom
Euroviews. The UK ICO’s modified approach to data regulation during COVID-19 is welcome but risks remain ǀ View
Businesses and organisations may draw some comfort from the ICO’s position during the current health emergency, but they would be wise to maintain data protection standards wherever possible and not to see the regulator’s approach as a “free pass.”
Spain
Euroviews. Countries are suspending immigration detention due to coronavirus. Let’s keep it that way ǀ View
The Spanish authorities have not suddenly had a change of heart regarding the use of immigration detention but rather recognised what activists have been saying all along – health and legal issues make the system untenable.
Sweden
Euroviews. Sweden’s coronavirus exceptionalism will not be remembered favourably by Europe ǀ View
Swedes might find themselves in a particularly difficult position. Without having been under a lockdown or undergone a testing regimen like other European states, and with many of those infected not showing any symptoms, some will regard Swedes as having a higher chance of bringing in the disease.
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Euroviews. Millions of children threatened by violence risk being forgotten amid coronavirus lockdowns ǀ View
Many parents are stressed and anxious over their jobs, finances and health, and need to look after their often bored or restless children all day long. Even before the pandemic, children were at the greatest risk of violence when in their own home. Now, the danger of abuse is even greater still.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Creating a “Hygiene Society” can get life back on track and stave off future epidemics ǀ View
Having worked alongside the NHS in numerous sectors for more than two decades, I feel a very human obligation to protect NHS staff and the wider public from the toll that both the virus and the shutdown are taking. The latter is almost as damaging as the former.
Spain
Euroviews. Bernat Solé i Barril: Reshaping the post-coronavirus world from a European point of view ǀ View
As a committed and reliable partner of the European project, the Government of Catalonia has always been present and active in the European debates, and now, as we begin to look at the new future ahead of us, we want to share our experiences in order to contribute to building commons solutions.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. The Aliyev fraud case shows that financial advisors could get caught up in criminal probes ǀ View
The Aliyev case demonstrates that professional advisors may become personally caught up in the UWO issues surrounding work they have done for their high net worth clients. Those professionals would be well-advised to take great care to protect themselves from unfounded allegations.
USA
Euroviews. Joining up the dots shows the true depths of Trump’s dangerous narcissistic pathology ǀ View
There has only been one headline worth printing since Donald Trump was elected president. That headline is "Donald Trump suffers from a dangerous incurable narcissistic disorder which makes him incapable of empathy and reason. He is a grave danger to the US and the world."
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Euroviews. Closing holes in the net: How the EU needs to remove secrecy from European fishing ǀ View
The ongoing revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation provides a crucial opportunity to remove the continuing veil of secrecy that shrouds member states’ efforts to control their fishing fleet and that has allowed infringements of EU law to go unpunished.
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Euroviews. COVID-19 is the catalyst we need to fight nationalism – by uniting us all to solve the crisis ǀ View
As a global problem encompassing oceans and continents, the idea that a pandemic is considered to be a country-specific problem is one of the most short-sighted considerations that world leaders have drawn.
Greece
Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View
While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done.