一起遭受创伤：covid-19之后的欧洲人和世界.docxVIP

POLICY BRIEF TOGETHER IN TRAUMA: EUROPEANS AND THE WORLD AFTER COVID-19 Susi Dennison, Pawel Zerka With Mathilde Ciulla, Teresa Coratella, Lívia Franco, Carla Hobbs, Andrzej Mendel-Nykorowycz, Jana Puglierin, Marlene Riedel, Jenny S?derstr?m, Catharina S?rensen, Vessela Tcherneva, José Ignacio Torreblanca June 2020 SUMMARY SUMMARY A new pan-European survey conducted by ECFR shows that, after the onset of the covid-19 crisis, there has been a rise in public support for unified EU action to tackle global threats. This is grounded in Europeans’ realisation that they are alone in the world – with their perceptions of the United States, China, and Russia worsening overall. The pandemic has made European voters keenly aware of the need to prepare for the next crisis. There is growing support for the fulfilment of climate change commitments in every surveyed country. Respondents still believe in the value of European cooperation, but generally feel that EU institutions have not helped them enough during the crisis. Policymakers need to elicit voters’ support for a strong European voice on the global stage by building coalitions and identifying areas in which there is either a consensus or a bridgeable divide. Introduction In the aftermath of the second world war, Europe was deeply traumatised. Up to 20 million Europeans had died, countless more lives had been destroyed, there were severe shortages of goods everywhere, and the pre-war international order had been burnt to ashes. The trauma lasted for generations and made a profound contribution to the construction of the European project – organised around the vision of EU founding father Jean Monnet that “it is better to fight around the table than on a battlefield”. Member states of what would become the European Union committed to binding themselves together so tightly that such an experience could never happen again. After the outbreak of covid-19, Europe faces a new moment of trauma, toutes proportions gardées. Our se