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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear DemocracyNet members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope all of you are safe and doing well in these challenging times.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If, like me and many of my colleagues here in Southern Europe, you believe that we as Europeans should react to this crisis differently than to the last one, and push for more solidarity, you might want to sign this open letter. It was
initiated by academics from Italy and Portugal, and calls for a united European response to the Corona crisis and its political and social consequences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://voiceforeurope.weebly.com/">https://voiceforeurope.weebly.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care, and all the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lea<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lea Heyne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Post-Doctoral Researcher @
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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