The spread of the epidemic has generated fear in our societies, which have become remarkably vulnerable in the face of the virus. But Dominique Moïsi reckons that another sentiment could take over: that of public anger. This anger is all the more toxic because it draws on resentments that, fueled...

Several debates on the StopCovid digital tracking application have taken up a lot of space in French press columns in recent weeks. Although the application should be available at the beginning of June, a new system has been built in parallel: the manual monitoring of infected persons through...

With nearly 6,500 cases reported as of May 13, Morocco is the third African country most affected by Covid-19. Considered a model of Covid-19 crisis management, especially by its neighbours, Morocco has not spared any resources in dealing with the crisis, especially financial ones. While the total...

Special Advisor to Institut Montaigne, Francis Vérillaud did a virtual "Tour de France" of universities to see how they fulfilled their mission during the health crisis we are going through. This tour had four stops: the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), the University Savoie-Mont...

The fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which strikes countries irrespective of their ideological or economic positions, could have been an opportunity to bring together yesterday's enemies – China and the United States in particular – in a common fight against the disease. However, that is...

Timeline February 26: The first case of coronavirus is detected in the north of Greece, in Thessaloniki, where a woman returning from Milan is quarantined. A few days later, in the northern city of Kastoria, which is known for its fur industry, two individuals who had attended an exhibition...

Timeline March 1: The first three people in the Czech Republic are diagnosed with the virus. All of them had just returned from a stay in Italy. In the following days, the number of positive cases increased. March 10: The State Security Council decides to close all schools, except for...

Timeline February 25: First case of Covid-19 - a 70-year-old man is tested positive in the Ticino canton in the country’s south, on the border with Italy. Ticino bans all public events. February 27: The Federal Office of Public Health launches a vast communication campaign advocating...

Timeline February 27 : First Coronavirus case detected in the country. March 12: The government declares a state of emergency until May 1. March 13: Launch of an online hackathon called “Hack the crisis”. March 17: Borders are closed to foreign nationals. Estonians and residence...

Since the advent of the Covid-19 crisis, migrant agricultural workers were recognised as essential in feeding Europeans. Their transferral across locked-down Europe raised serious economic and political issues. How they will be solved might have long-term structural consequences to EU cohesion...

Timeline March 2: The first two cases of COVID-19 are reported. March 8: The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announces that he is quarantining himself as a precaution, canceling all his public activities in Portugal and abroad for two weeks. He made the unprecedented...

Each month, ELABE interviews the French population for Les Echos, Institut Montaigne and Radio Classique. This month, the French were asked about social mobilisations during Covid-19. Local government is handling the crisis better than the State or the European Union For the majority of...

Timeline January 24: First three cases of Covid-19 are reported in France. February 14: An 80-year-old Chinese tourist dies at the Bichat hospital in Paris. He is the first person to die on French soil. February 23: The four-stage reaction plan is triggered by French Minister of...

Timeline March 6: First Covid-19-related death, in the province North Brabant. March 12: Five deaths. The government announces the first set of measures: working from home is encouraged and a ban is placed on both gatherings of over 100 people and visits to vulnerable persons. March 15:...

The Covid-19 health crisis has led to a worldwide slump in the industrial sector. While the end of the lockdown is gradually being announced in many countries, two major questions arise today: what has been the impact of this crisis on the industry, both at national and European levels? More...

A Timeline of Denmark's COVID-19 crisis February 27: Denmark confirms its first case of coronavirus in a man returning from a ski trip to Italy.  March 11: Denmark reports its first death from COVID-19. March 13: The Danish Parliament enacts an emergency law extending the powers of...

Is the television series "The Plot against America" an early sign of the disease of the American democracy? It is a disease which was certainly not caused by Donald Trump, but which he has amplified and worsened, in the midst of a health and economic crisis. The Plot Against America is the...

In mid-April this year, arguably at the height of the Covid-19 crisis in Europe, the Chinese state-owned financial group, CITIC, became the majority shareholder in the Medea Group, the largest domestic media agency in the Czech Republic, exercising options to take it up to a 57% stake. This deal...

Timeline February 1: The Swedish government describes Covid-19 as "dangerous for Swedish society" and announces its first precautionary measures to reduce the risk of infection. February 4: First case of Covid-19 detected in Sweden in Jönköping, a medium-sized industrial town in the south...

After massive protests erupted in Hong Kong in 2019 against an extradition bill put forth by the government (eventually withdrawn on September 4) and increasingly against police violence (denied by the government, but well documented by the press and various NGOs), the overwhelming victory of...