Empathy in Politics During a Crisis — Pt.2: France 🇫🇷 and Canada 🇨🇦
How the world leaders addressed their nations when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the ground.
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7 min readOct 19, 2020
Preface — A Leader’s Challenge
The challenge for a state leader during situations like the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is enormous.
How does one address a nation when the fear and uncertainty get the best of everybody, and there are hardly any right answers to questions that are on everyone’s minds?
How does one harness the entire nation to cooperate under such difficult times?
For us, the people, it’s a unique opportunity to zoom out and examine how our leaders communicate with us, compared to the rest of the world in the same situation.
