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Jean-Claude Juncker: Is Covid an unprecedented test of EU cohesion?

Jean-Claude Juncker: Is Covid an unprecedented test of EU cohesion?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the European Commission

The Interview · BBC World Service

March 26, 202123m 27s

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Show Notes

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the European Union with an unprecedented test of its cohesion and competence. Right now, the scorecard looks decidedly mixed, with many member states facing a third wave of infection while, the vaccination rollout lags far behind that in post-Brexit Britain. Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. He once bemoaned a loss of collective EU libido, but is the problem getting worse?