‘Geopolitical’ Commission and the role and challenges of the European Media Sector - part 1
Channel: OpenEUDebate
Date: 2020-05-12

2019 was the year that brought EU’s power ‘reshuffle’ - a new Parliament, a new Commission and new political dynamics on the Council’s agenda. One of the important topics on this agenda were the concerns about the future of Europe, that deemed for a critical debate on alternatives and reforms of the European integration project as necessary. In the beginning of 2020 the Conference on the Future of Europe was launched as an initiative that sought a new agreement on the future of European democracy by engaging a two-year inter-institutional discussion and a citizens debate during 2020–2022. But in March 2020 the COVID pandemic changed everything and brought an unprecedented crisis with multiple consequences that shook the EU very profoundly.