We are happy to share a new GOVTRAN Policy Brief titled ‘European Recovery post-COVID19 and the Green Deal’ written by Gauri Khandekar (Institute for European Studies, VUB), Marco Giuli (Institute for European Studies, VUB) and Sven Van Kerckhoven (Vesalius College and Institute for European Studies, VUB). In this brief, the authors explore the main challenges and opportunities associated with COVID-19 for the European Green Deal and argue for a wide-EU approach to tackle the crisis.