Last week, ALDE Party President Hans van Baalen joined a webinar organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation South Caucasus and Georgian think tank Civic Idea to discuss the liberal response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

In his intervention, van Baalen stressed the need of experts – who are vital to political decision-making – during the crisis. This crisis and its unprecedented character demand courage and devotion from policymakers, even if doctors and virologists do not yet know what will come next.

“With 50% of the information you must take 100% of the decisions which is very difficult in times of crisis,” van Baalen said.

When it comes to solving the crisis, van Baalen noted that the European Union is limited in its approach. However, despite this, EU Member States have shown immense solidarity.

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