EU Support for Tourism: Bouncing Back from COVID-19
The tourism sector has been one of the hardest hit by the Coronavirus lockdowns. The European Commission has estimated severe loss of revenue in European tourism that supports some 27…
Two ships passing in the night: Fisheries in Brexit
Introduction: While the course navigated so far in Brexit is incomplete, the knotted issue of fisheries has being climbing the political ladder. Michel Barnier has stated that an EU – UK trade deal cannot be agreed without an agreement on fisheries. In this…
The EU and Sea Ports on the island of Ireland during COVID-19
Introduction As the COVID-19 crisis developed across the EU in February and March, much attention has been given to the closure of land border crossings and to the suspension of…
COVID-19 contact tracing apps and the EU
AS COVID-19 APPEARS to have reached its peak in many countries across the EU, governments are now examining ways in which current restrictions can be lifted without risking a second wave of infections. In its ‘roadmap’ for…
Back to Europe’s Future?
Europe Day, 9 May, is extra-special this year as it is also the 70th anniversary of the Schuman declaration, which created the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Then French…
Under the Microscope: EU Scientific Research and COVID-19
THE EUROPEAN UNION’S response to COVID-19 experienced a blow in early April as the president of the European Research Council (ERC), Mauro Ferrari, resigned. The resignation of the pharmaceutical sciences…
Fly Them Home: The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism during COVID-19
WITH MANY COUNTRIES suspending air travel and implementing social distancing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, it has left some 300,000 EU citizens in need of help to be…
EU internal borders, critical supplies, and the Coronavirus crisis
IN THE TIME OF A PANDEMIC, every day is a day of milestones. 26 March, a Thursday, marked the day that the United States overtook Italy in cases of COVID-19;…
Best Supporting Actor? The EU’s evolving role in the Coronavirus crisis
MOST FILM CRITICS would probably agree that Paul Giamatti is a great actor, admired for his range of roles in a number of films. Think Saving Private Ryan, Sideways, and…
Procuring emergency medical supplies across the EU
For the European Union (EU), past weaknesses during major public health crises, like the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the early 2000’s or the SARs epidemic in 2003, led…