1. Crisis presidency: How Portuguese leadership can guide the EU into the post-covid era
- Author:
- Susi Dennison and Livia Franco
- Publication Date:
- 10-2020
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- European Council On Foreign Relations
- Abstract:
- Portugal’s plans for the EU presidency centre on European priorities for the pre-coronavirus world. These include the completion of the monetary union, the UK-EU relationship after Brexit, the EU’s relationships with Africa and India, climate change, digital transformation, and social inequality. The Portuguese EU presidency should handle these issues in line with European voters’ perceptions of the new reality created by the coronavirus. Many Europeans have lost confidence in the transatlantic relationship, fear for Europe’s place in a world dominated by US-China competition, and want the EU to provide global leadership and shape the international order. Portugal can help the EU develop a foreign policy strategy that takes account of these changes.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, European Union, Transatlantic Relations, Strategic Competition, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- China, Europe, Portugal, and United States of America