É preciso tirar ilações desta crise? My point exactly

Europe Has Been the Greatest Disappointment in This Crisis

An Editorial By Nils Minkmar

The small-mindedness and competitive thinking within its member states and the lack of a concerted response to the coronavirus has revealed an uncomfortable truth: Solidarity within the European Union is a far-off dream. Once the pandemic passes, we will have to rethink the whole thing.

The Italians surely won’t forget the plane that landed full of medical personnel and relief supplies from China -- or the fact that no such planes arrived from Frankfurt, Paris or Brussels. Indeed, Europe has been the greatest disappointment in this crisis so far.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel travelled to Greece not too long ago to praise the firmness with which the EU’s external border there is being defended against refugees. Meanwhile, the basic right to asylum, which refugees are supposed to be able to invoke at any time, was hastily suspended by Europe -- a step not even Trump has dared to take.

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When Germany undertook measures along its border with France this week, Berlin described it as a border closure, but in Paris, they referred to it merely as targeted controls. A measure as dramatic as this, one that overrides quintessential European freedoms, and the two countries in question don’t even bother to issue a joint declaration?

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Their first task once this pandemic is over will be to rethink Europe and to rebuild it in a new and better way. We don't need the European Union as represented by the European Commission right now. In fact, it has already crumbled to dust in the hands of those trying to hold on to it.