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Democracy and Rise of Authoritarianism in COVID-19 World

May 5, 2020
On April 30, several of the MacMillan Center’s councils and the Yale Law School collaborated on a webinar titled “Democracy and Rise of Authoritarianism in COVID-19 World”...
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator for the future relationship with the UK, speaking after the conclusion of the second round of negotiations on April 24.

After two months of negotiation, the UK and EU still far apart about future relationship

May 4, 2020
On March 2, the European Union and the United Kingdom began negotiating their future relationship. Roughly 100 British officials, led by David Frost, the UK’s chief...
French President Emmanuel Macron in yesterday’s European Council videoconference.

European Council approves Eurogroup’s €540 billion package, agrees to establish recovery fund

April 24, 2020
Yesterday, the European Council, the heads of state or government of the member states of the EU, met to consider the €540 billion package of assistance for workers, firms,...
Eurogroup President Mário Centeno speaking to the press after Thursday’s late-night agreement on a policy response to the pandemic.

After all-night meeting with no agreement, Eurogroup meets again, agrees on €540 billion package

April 13, 2020
On March 26, the European Council, the heads of state or government of the European Union, met in a videoconference for the third time in less than three weeks to discuss the...
Eurogroup President Mário Centeno speaking this morning after the all-night video conference.

After all-night meeting, Eurogroup still divided over response to pandemic, will resume discussion Thursday

April 8, 2020
Two weeks ago, the European Council, the heads of state or government of the European Union, met in a video conference for the third time in less than three weeks to discuss...
French President Emmanuel Macron participating from the Elysée in yesterday’s European Council video conference.

After lengthy and heated debate about responses to pandemic, EU leaders delay action

March 27, 2020
Yesterday the European Council, the heads of state and government of the European Union, met via videoconference for the third time in less than three weeks to discuss the EU...
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde announcing the bank’s emergency program last Wednesday.

After new ECB program and fiscal loosening, the EU needs joint action vs. pandemic

March 25, 2020
In late July 2012, several months after the European Union, with the International Monetary Fund, concluded a second bailout for Greece and only a few days after the EU...