在COVID世界中的欧盟.docxVIP

The European Union in a COVID World by Riccardo Alcaro and Nathalie Tocci ABSTRACT The world on which COVID-19 has unleashed its destructive force is a place in which multilateralism-minded Europeans are ill at ease. Geopolitical rivalry, transatlantic estrangement and a nationalist tide all bear heavily on Europe’s integration project, given its liberal premises. The risk that the pandemic would tip the European Union beyond a breaking point, however, has not materialised. On the contrary, COVID-19 has spawned a new integration drive, with the contours of a “transfer”