New evidence shows Coronavirus crushed citizen groups across Europe

The Coronavirus crisis exerted a major social and economic shock in countries worldwide, and thereby, disrupted the work of many interest organizations, such as business associations, firms, labor unions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), that try to have a say in public policy. In this blog post, we summarise patterns in how the outbreak of the pandemic affected political interest representation. Notably, NGOs (including cause groups, charities, public interest and citizen groups) have been the relative losers of this crisis.