The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Greek Policy
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Greek Policy

Author(s): Maciej Pawłowski
Subject(s): Governance, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Health and medicine and law, Economic development, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Greece; COVID-19 pandemic; fight against the spread of coronavirus; economic crisis; public debt; EU migration policy; migration from Turkey; crisis management;
Summary/Abstract: The number of people infected by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Greece is relatively small because of early and tough actions taken by the government, but the situation may change with increased migration from Turkey, a country with high incidence of COVID-19. At the same time, the government’s ability to fight the economic crisis stemming from the pandemic is limited due to Greece’s huge public debt. However, the current situation is a chance to implement its demands for eurozone reform, changes in EU migration policy, and relations between the EU and Turkey.

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