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Coronavirus’ next victim: Populism
Otto English is the pen name used by Andrew Scott, a writer and playwright based in London. LONDON — This is how the embryonic days of war must feel. I’ve lived in London my whole adult life; I’ve...
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An extrovert’s guide to coronavirus isolation
Marie Le Conte is a freelance journalist based in London and the author of “Haven’t You Heard…? Gossip, power and how politics really works” (535, September 2019). LONDON — There’s never been a better...
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Italian doctors: ‘We are like soldiers on the front without weapons’
MILAN — These days, the ping of a new text message sends a shiver of anxiety down Paola Pedrini’s spine. A family doctor in the Italian city of Bergamo, Pedrini, 38, has started receiving near constant...
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Artists draw life under coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps through Europe and beyond, jobs are drying up as offices shutter. We’re working at home, often in isolation — something freelancers are already quite familiar with....
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France’s coronavirus lockdown pits city vs. country
John Lichfield is a former foreign editor of the Independent and was the newspaper’s Paris correspondent for 20 years. CALVADOS, France — I was sitting in my garden in a Norman hamlet, contemplating...
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In EU’s retreat, a way forward
Tim King writes POLITICO‘s Brussels Sketch. The European Union is in retreat. What successive generations of Euroskeptics tried but failed to achieve is now happening: The EU is being rolled back. The...
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How do you self-isolate when you live on the street?
Sonia Faleiro is a writer based in London and the author of “The Good Girls,” which will be published by Bloomsbury/Grove Atlantic in 2021. LONDON — For Nicola Phillips, things had been looking up....
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Coronavirus: Sweden’s ‘preppers’ say I told you so
STOCKHOLM — People are finally listening to Andreas Karlsson. Since the number of coronavirus cases started to climb in Sweden last week, the 41-year-old IT worker — and self-described “prepper” — from...
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‘Only a matter of time’: Greek migrant camps brace for coronavirus outbreak
LESVOS, Greece — On the Greek islands at the forefront of Europe’s unresolved migration crisis, social distancing and self-isolation are luxuries many can’t afford. In Moria, Europe’s largest informal...
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Coronavirus brings out best (and worst) in world leaders
Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column. PARIS — Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Or not. Countries may not always get the leader they deserve, but the...
View ArticleGive the EU more power to fight epidemics
Anniek de Ruijter is associate professor at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), School of Law. Roel Beetsma is professor of macroeconomics and vice dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at UvA....
View ArticleHelicopter, bazooka or drone? Economic policy for the coronavirus crisis
Richard Simmons is a researcher at the University of Hertfordshire. Giuseppe Littera is co-founder and head of R&D at Sardex. Nigel Culkin is professor of enterprise and entrepreneurial development...
View ArticleNo power grab in Hungary
Judit Varga is Hungary’s justice minister. BUDAPEST — False claims about a power grab in Hungary are spreading as quickly as the coronavirus. Like many other European Union countries, Hungary acted...
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Only EU solidarity can avert economic disaster
Guy Verhofstadt is a member of the European Parliament with Renew Europe. Today, the coronavirus crisis in Europe is mainly a public health crisis. Tomorrow, it will be a serious economic crisis. The...
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How pandemics spark social progress
Will Tanner is director of the think tank Onward. LONDON — It was the experience of the West’s last great pandemic, the Spanish flu, that gave New Yorkers public housing. In September 1918, when the...
View ArticleSocial distance, Swedish style
Lisa Bjurwald is a Swedish journalist and author. STOCKHOLM — Skype-based relationships? No hugging? For Swedes, that’s not social distancing. That’s just life. As other European governments introduce...
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Pictures of isolation
MILAN — Not all lockdowns are alike. Every isolated family is isolated in its own way. Residents of Italy, home to the first and most severe coronavirus outbreak in Europe, have already undergone weeks...
View ArticleEU needs to commit new funds to coronavirus fight
Andrzej Sadoś Permanent representative of Poland to the European Union Brussels, Belgium The article “Polish PM claims EU has not contributed ‘a single cent’ to fight coronavirus” (March 27)...
View ArticleDutch ‘no’ on corona bonds undermines European project
Lodewijk Asscher is leader of the Dutch Labor Party (PvdA). THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Amid a rapidly growing call for a joint European response to the coronavirus epidemic, one country is spoiling...
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The crown vs. corona
STOCKHOLM — For the kings and queens of Europe, the coronavirus pandemic is starting to look a lot like wartime. Called away from the routine ceremonies that fill up their normal schedules, the...
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