Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256628 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 33/2020
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
According to the dictionary, a 'corona' is the bright circle of light around the sun during a total eclipse. While the darkness of the corona pandemic is not total, the death toll and economic consequences that have come with it are devastating. This puts the EU 'to the greatest test' in its history, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel. Against this backdrop, Germany will take over the EU Council presidency on 1 July 2020 - caught between high expectations on the one hand, and the diminished influence of a presidency on the other. The task of the German presidency is twofold: Contain the negative fallout from the crisis and use its integrative momentum for the revitalisation of a crisis-prone European Union. Ultimately, EU members can only achieve this together, but the German presidency can contribute a great deal by forging compromises, providing incentives, and orienting itself towards the model of a solidarity-based and autonomous Europe - even beyond the Council presidency.
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Research Report

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