Europe

TURIN, ITALY - March 16, 2020: A nurse stands in front of a temporary pre triage tent. The Italian government imposed unprecedented restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, among other measures people movements are allowed only for work, for buying essential goods and for health reasons. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Brookings experts comment on the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe

Thomas Wright, Amanda Sloat, Giovanna De Maio, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 23, 2020

The rise of populism in Germany

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Yascha Mounk

The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

Friday, March 20, 2020

Coronavirus - Covid 19 - School, street and square was empty after Government measure Confinement. No traffic and no pollution. Confinement is necessary for the protection of the public on March 19, 2020 in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

European elections in a time of coronavirus

Friday, March 20, 2020

German police officers stand at the French-German border between Kehl and Strasbourg, on March 16, 2020 in Kehl, as part of border control operations. Germany has reintroduced border controls with France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Denmark from March 16, 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis, interior minister Horst Seehofer said the day before.

Do Germany’s border closures signal a new stage in Europe’s COVID-19 response?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a media statement on the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 17, 2020. John Macdougall/ Pool via REUTERS

Germany pulls out the ‘bazooka’ against the coronavirus — But is it doing enough?

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a navy exercise and the test launches of nuclear-capable Kinzhal and Kalibr missiles, on board of the Russian Northern fleet's Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser, in the Black Sea off Crimea's coast.

Crimea: Six years after illegal annexation

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

CANCELED – A conversation with Fiona Hill on public service

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Alternative for Germany (AfD) regional party leader Bjoern Hoecke talks to new elected Thuringia State Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow of the Left Party (Die Linke) state parliament in Erfurt, Germany, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

The government crisis in Germany’s Thuringia is over — except it isn’t

Samuel Denney and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 16, 2020

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- In the photos, it shows the exterior of Olympia London, where the London Book Fair 2020 is scheduled, in London, United Kingdom on March 4, 2020. The London Book Fair, one of the most important events in the literary calendar, it was suspended on Wednesday (4) because of the concern of the new outbreak of coronavirus.

Is Trump right that Britain is handling the coronavirus well?

Friday, March 13, 2020

A CNN headline reading "Trump Suspends Travel From Europe to U.S." is pictured on the television in the bar at A Pizza Mart, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

What does the coronavirus crisis mean for European unity?

Thomas Wright and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 13, 2020