We have one of the most advanced public infrastructure in the world, but nobody was prepared for a public health crisis of these proportions. We have totally neglected to invest in the medical sector in the same systematic way so that we would be up to taking on a pandemic, says Luca Jahier, the EESC President, in an interview to Europost.

There is a panel of people in each country. Then the figures are gathered in Paris and made into the index. Not everyone who is involved in the media production is supposed to be involved, says Reporters Without Borders President Pierre Haski in a conversation with Telegraph Media.

It is true that the steps taken at the very outset of this new situation were perhaps not as decisive as many may have hoped, but Europe has since proven that it has enough internal strength to mount an adequate response to a sudden crisis, MEP Emil Radev says in an interview to Monitor.

Most probably, until the world develops a vaccine or a reliable cure which will help to overcome this epidemic, we will have to learn to live with it, says Maj. Gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, head of the National Operative Staff, in an interview to Telegraph

There is much talk about the EU as a community of destiny, but its infrastructure is still too weak to protect Europeans. After the coronavirus crisis, there will be changes to the degree of outsourcing production beyond Europe. In this context, the EU will be a very important layer of policy making to make sure that such changes will not be taken as a protectionist instrument in the hands of national governments, says Josef Janning, political scientist, in an interview to EUROPOST.

If we don't give our law enforcement and judicial authorities appropriate tools at hand to fight terrorism and serious and organised crime that is being carried out online, they go dark and there is impunity for crimes. They risk to be blind while many of the crimes are either planned or conducted online, says EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove in an interview to Europost.

Bulgaria compares favourably to other European countries in tackling coronavirus spread. We are handling the situation two to four times better than the global average. The number of infections is two times lower, while the number of deaths is four times lower as ratios per one million people. Bulgarians are a pretty disciplined nation and seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation. We have turned out to be much more disciplined than the Italians and the Spanish, who underestimated the threat.

The looming social and financial cost of the coronavirus crisis, which is going to aggravate a recession that was already on its way, will increase pressure for Brussels to rethink its priorities. Various lobbies will insist that the industries they represent are most deserving of relief. A social-minded alternative would suggest that the companies should be pressured to forego a significant chunk of their profits in the name of social stability, says political scientist Boris Popivanov in an interview to Europost.

We must take a look at ourselves, recognise our mistakes and start following the recommendations, showing extreme care for our own health and that of others, Assoc. Prof. Mihail Okoliyski says in an interview to Monitor.

Our strength is in staying united; politicians should not be concerned about ratings and elections, Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev says in an interview to Monitor.