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THE EU AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS:  Eurobonds can wait – for now Alternatives économiques , Paris The European summit of 26 March, held by videoconference, ended in failure. The 27 heads of state and government failed to agree on a united response to the economic crisis triggered by Covid-19. They simply asked the Eurogroup (the eurozone's economy and finance ministers) to make proposals to them by 7 April.

VOXEUROP EDITORIAL:  Europeans demand more from the EU As Covid-19 ravages Europe, the grassroots call for more coordination and intervention at the European level gets louder by the day.

LUCA JAHIER ON THE COVID-19 CRISIS:  ‘The EU has to go the last mile, now’ The Coronavirus crisis is the first of its kind for the European Union. However, it is far from being the first existential crisis in the history of the Union, says the chair of the European Economic and Social Council in this new episode of the podcast The Grassroots view.

OPEN LETTER TO THE EU AND EUROPEAN LEADERS:  ‘We need Renaissance bonds to face the health and economic crisis’ In this open letter to EU heads and national leaders, over 1,500 economists, academics, and professionals from all over Europe propose a series of urgent measures in response to the Covid-19 epidemic. They also demand that the EU create a common fund that would issue European securities called "European Renaissance Bonds" to help EU countries overcome the crisis.

FACING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS:  ‘The time has come for a new European patriotism’ EUobserver.com, Brussels In this open letter first published by EUobserver, several European academics call for the EU to show it can help and bring hope to citizens facing the challenges the Covid-19 pandemic is posing to our societies.

EU AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS:  Not helpless nor hopeless The Guardian, London Contrary to what is being said and written by many, the European Union can do a great deal to protect its citizens from the pandemic, and to compensate for shortcomings due to lack of coordination between member states.

CALL TO THE EU :  ‘Why we need coronabonds to help EU states face the crisis’ Die Zeit, Hamburg In an appeal published by Die Zeit and Le Monde, several German personalities including political scientist Ulrike Guérot and philosopher Jürgen Habermas are calling for the creation of a European "corona fund". The fund would help European countries struggling to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

GERMAN-ITALIAN APPEAL TO EU MEMBER STATES:  European solidarity now, in the interest of all As the coronavirus crisis spreads across Europe, there are increasing calls for greater coordination and solidarity at the European level. Here is the latest one, already signed by several European personalities. We support it, and invite you to sign it.

COVID-19 AND DISINFORMATION:  The infodemic is as virulent as the pandemic Eurozine, Vienna From genocide accusations to alleged cures, the coronavirus pandemic is accompanied by a swathe of conspiracy theories. These are perpetrated not only by clickbait websites but also authoritarian regimes who exploit the crisis for political purposes and try to shift the blame from their inadequate responses. An international survey and a detailed case study.

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN HUNGARY:  Viktator De Volkskrant, Amsterdam

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN HUNGARY:  Viktor Orbán’s corona coup A new emergency law has given Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán sweeping powers, turning a free-speech nightmare into a Corona-driven reality. Will liberal democracy manage to avoid contagion?

EU AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS:  The nation-state strikes back Social Europe, London While initial responses to the coronavirus crisis have favoured national sovereignty and public authority, effective solutions will only emerge from a complex network of multi-level governance.