The EU and the global response to Covid-19 – can “Team Europe” make a difference?

After a bumpy start, the EU has drawn up a comprehensive response to the global Covid-19 pandemic by activating multilateral forums and providing assistance to third countries in need. If EU decision-makers can avoid the instinct of withdrawal that occurred during the sovereign debt crisis a decade ago, the coronavirus crisis also offers an opportunity for the Union to enhance its support for its neighbourhood and the Global South and, in so doing, to increase its global standing in a new geopolitical environment.

Tobias Koepf and Theresia Töglhofer:
The EU and the global response to Covid-19 – can “Team Europe” make a difference?