The coronavirus crisis has increased tensions over the EU's two most contested issues: the South-North divisions on financial issues have been much discussed.
The other division, over democracy and the rule of law, has received much less attention, although the crisis has also exerted a shock to the legal systems across the EU.
It turned out that the laws of most EU member states were not well designed for a fast response to a...
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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO that supports political participation.