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Sustainable Governance in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: Belgium Report

par Castanheira De Moura, Micael ;Perilleux, Guillaume ;Rihoux, Benoît
Organisme financeur Bertelsmann Stiftung
Publication Publié, 2021-12-10

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Belgium, even more than the rest of Europe, was hit very severely by the COVID-19 epidemic. The exact reasons for Europe’s poor performance will be debated for years to come, but available evidence already allows strong conjectures to be drawn. A first plausible factor is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus had a higher lethality potential, which acerbates underlying issues: Europe’s population is old and congregates in densely populated cities, Europeans travel extensively and commute by public transport, and many European countries have a culture of close social interactions.