One year into the COVID-19 pandemic,EU Member States have been among the hardest-hit countries in the world. Suffering from high mortality rates and successive waves of infection,states (re)introduced highly restrictive measures.
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To evaluate how the pandemic response has affected the rule of law across the EU,Democracy Reporting Inteational gathered assessments from 35 national experts,covering all 27 Member States.
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This analysis is brought together in DRI’s new report Extraordinary or extralegal responses? The rule of law and the COVID-19 crisis,which identifies five critical areas of conce across all EU Member States and provides recommendations on how to address them.
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To mark the launch of our new report,we invite you to join us on 5 May 2021,10:30-12:00 CET for the discussion of our findings and further perspectives with:
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- Joelle Grogan,Senior lecturer and legal academic at Middlesex University London and author of DRI’s new report
- Álvaro de Elera,Member of European Commission Vice-President Vu011bra Jourová’s Cabinet,responsible for the rule of law portfolio
- Veronika Bílková,Member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
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The event will be moderated by Paul Zoubkov,Manager Europe at Democracy Reporting Inteational.
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Democracy Reporting Inteational (DRI) works to improve public understanding of the rule of law in the EU as part of the re:constitution programme funded by Stiftung Mercator. Sign up for DRI’s newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to find out more about the rule of law in Europe.
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