It should, but it won’t. The EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund will help the union’s economies get off the ground. But as for integrating Europe’s foreign, security, and digitization policies, the political will and strategic ambition are absent.
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Judy Dempsey: Should the coronavirus accelerate European integration?

Pedestrians wearing protective facemasks walk in front of the European Union's flag in the EU headquarters district, in Brussels, on Feb. 23, 2021.