The ‘Geopolitical ‘ Commission and the divided Member states - panel 1; presentations
Channel: OpenEUDebate
Date: 2020-05-11

This crisis will be decisive in shaping what Europeans will do together in the future and where (and how) Member states will have to mind their own business. It will also fundamentally influence power relations between the EU and its member states, but also between different social goods and redefine the limits of the state, society and the market. The Conference on the future of Europe will surely be postponed, but it will be de-cisive to make sure that we have learnt the lesson and are ready to face future crisis as Eu-ropeans. If this is not the case and governments control the discussion over the future of European integration, the next crisis will also be met with division between EU member states. With lives on the line, the coronavirus has exposed the flaws of the EU, and opened an opportunity for deepening European integration, and rebalance its current state of af-fairs. How can we evaluate its impact for the moment? What are the main perceptions and framings of the crisis?