The effects of COVID-19 induced border closures on cross-border regions: an empirical report covering the period March to June 2020.
The effects of COVID-19 induced border closures on cross-border regions: an empirical report covering the period March to June 2020.
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Peyrony, Jean, Rubio, Jean, Viaggi, Raffaele
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border control | cross-border cooperation | cross-border dimension | community resilience | coronavirus disease | crisis management | EU Member State | free movement of persons | frontier region | frontier worker | health care profession
Publication year:
2021
The present document aims at drawing lessons from an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 measures along EU internal borders on cross-border communities at large (businesses, workers, citizens) and presenting recommendations for the future, addressed to the European Commission on how the resilience of cross-border regions could be improved in case further crises emerge.