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HARDtalk: Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld: 'Decline of the EU is possible but it's in our own hands'

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Dutch MEP Sophie in 't Veld

04/05/2020 GMT

Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld: 'Decline of the EU is possible but it's in our own hands'

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld: 'Decline of the EU is possible but it's in our own hands'

Pro-EU Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld on challenges for the EU as it deals with coronavirus

Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld on the EU's response to the coronavirus pandemic and whether it has exposed fatal weaknesses in EU solidarity.

The coronavirus pandemic has presented Europe with a massive challenge – and so far the EU’s response has been found wanting in several key respects. As the death toll has mounted and the economic damage worsened, European solidarity and coordinated action has been questioned by member states like Italy and Spain. Stephen Sackur speaks to the influential Dutch MEP Sophie in 't Veld. Has Covid-19 exposed the weakness at the heart of the European project?

(Photo: Sophie in 't Veld, Dutch MEP)

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