Contents 9 Presentation Luise Rürup and Diego López Garrido 15 Macron-Merkel – the post-Brexit Franco-German relationship in the European Union Gabriel Richard-Molard 25 The Visegrad Group Iloona Pokorna 33 European Pillar of Social Rights. The social consequences of the pandemic: a baptism of fire for the European Pillar of Social Rights Björn Hacker 43 A“Hamilton’ moment”. Towards financial, fiscal and political union Doménec Ruiz Devesa and Rosa Pérez Monclús 55 Foreword on sustainable industrial policy Klaus-W. West 65 Migration and asylum, the agenda of the new European Commission and the unexpected impact of COVID-19 Estrella Galán and Paloma Favieres 75 The European Union as a global player José Enrique de Ayala