THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION REPORT. Europe in a period of transition

Contents	7
Introduction. The challenges of post-pandemic Europe	9
I. European citizenship and the Conference on the Future of Europe	13
Improving the democratic foundations of the European Union: bringing the European Union closer to its citizens	15
The Conference on the Future of Europe: what does it mean, what is its purpose and what can we expect from it	23
How can participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe be improved for organised civil society and citizens?	29
European citizens and their opinion on the European project during the pandemic	41
II. NextGenerationEU and the recovery and transformation of the European economy	47
The EU Next Generation recovery fund, the year of its implementation	49
The fiscal effort to combat covid-19: Europe and the United States	59
The uneven impact of the pandemic. Prospects for a convergent and resilient recovery of the EU?	81
III. Health, migration and foreign policy: pending tasks for the EU	93
European Health Union	95
New European pact on migration and asylum	105
The future architecture of European security	111
Recommendations	121
Biographies	125

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