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Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte (left) has seen his approval ratings soar to 71 percent, whilst French president Emmanuel Macron is up to 51 percent, figures echoed among other EU leaders (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Coronavirus sees approval-rating soar for EU leaders

The prevailing wisdom holds that the Covid-19 pandemic could "break the EU", lead to the renationalisation of competencies, and create an inward looking continent devoid of solidarity.

Yet this temporary trauma belies the tremendous opportunity emerging to create a more integrated and cohesive European Union.

Over 70 years ago, the shared distress and trauma of World War II endowed national political leaders with the trust and latitude necessary to overcome decades of hostility a...

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Alena Kudzko is director of the GLOBSEC Policy Institute think tank in Bratislava. Shane Markowitz is a university lecturer whose recent publications include a research article in the journal Populism and a chapter in the volume Populism and World Politics.

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte (left) has seen his approval ratings soar to 71 percent, whilst French president Emmanuel Macron is up to 51 percent, figures echoed among other EU leaders (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Alena Kudzko is director of the GLOBSEC Policy Institute think tank in Bratislava. Shane Markowitz is a university lecturer whose recent publications include a research article in the journal Populism and a chapter in the volume Populism and World Politics.

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