Key Priorities for the EU in Light of COVID-19 | RECONNECT Conference 2020

In an effort to combat the COVID-19 crisis, EU Member States have imposed a broad range of measures that have severely affected the rule of law. Now that the Union is slowly emerging from the lockdown, it finds not only the societal but also the political and legal landscape profoundly altered. This panel will take stock of emergency responses across Europe and their lasting effects. What should be the key priorities for the EU when it comes to safeguarding the rule of law in COVID-19 Europe?

Moderator: Mr. Alex Andrione-Moylan, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven

Speakers:

Dr. Joelle Grogan, Senior Lecturer in UK and EU Public Law, Middlesex University London
Mr. Michael Meyer-Resende, Executive Director at Democracy Reporting International (implements Mercator re:constitution project)
Prof. Dr. Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law &Risk Regulation at HEC Paris, Director and Co-founder of ‘The Good Lobby’