European Parliamentary Research Service 

​Specific EU legislation and policy action

• The EU's 2020 budget: Response to the coronavirus pandemic
• Amendment of the 2014-2020 MFF Regulation: Using the global margin for commitments to finance measures in the healthcare sector under the Emergency Support Instrument
• Amending Budget No 1/2020: Support to Greece to face migration pressure, measures to fight coronavirus and reconstruction assistance to Albania
• Amending Budget No 2/2020: Emergency support to the health sector to respond to the coronavirus outbreak
• Specific flexibility measures for ESI funds in response to the coronavirus outbreak
• Support for the fishing and aquaculture sectors in the coronavirus crisis
• Temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE)
• Remote voting in the European Parliament and national parliaments
• Financial assistance for countries seriously affected by a major public health emergency
• Suspension of EU rules on airport slot allocation
• Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative
• EP Plenary round-up - Brussels, March II 2020
• EP Plenary round-up – Brussels, April 2020
• Outlook for the European Council video-conference of 23 April 2020

General policy issues related to coronavirus crisis

• The EU's response to coronavirus in its neighbourhood and beyond
• The EU's 2020 budget: Response to the coronavirus pandemic
• Added value of a common EU response to the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
• Impact of coronavirus on energy markets
• The impact of corona virus on Schengen borders
• Temporary border controls in the Schengen area
• Suspension of EU rules on airport slot allocation
• Covid-19 and the tourism sector
• Countering the health 'infodemic'
• Covid-19's impact on human rights outside the EU
• Protecting the EU agri-food supply chain in the face of coronavirus
• Repatriation of EU citizens during the Covid-19 crisis: The role of the EU Civil Protection Mechanis
• COVID-19 foreign influence campaigns: Europe and the global battle of narratives
• EU-27 support for national short-time work schemes
• Global and regional governance: Initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• The 'general escape clause' within the Stability and Growth Pact: Fiscal flexibility for severe economic shocks
• What if we could fight coronavirus with artificial intelligence?
• Treatment optimisation in drug development
• Misinformation in science: How false medical news on social media miseducates our society
• How to spot when news is fake
• What if smartphones could help contain COVID-19?
• Cross-border threats to health - EU action on preparedness and response
• The benefit of EU action in health policy: The record to date
• Addressing health inequalities in the European Union: Concepts, action, state of play
• The European Council as crisis manager the COVID 19 pandemic: Similarities and differences to previous crises

What Think Tanks are t​hinking on coronavirus

• Coronavirus: What should policy-makers do?
• Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Coronavirus: Impact and reaction
• Coronavirus: The latest
• Policy responses to the coronavirus crisis