A koronavírus-járvány társadalmi és gazdasági hatásai a határ menti térségek fejlődésére a magyar–szlovák határrégiók esetében

The Social and Economic Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Development of Border Regions in the Case of the Hungarian–Slovak Border Regions Borders in a given social context seem to be eternal and unchangeable, but their exact location, their permeability, their functions and the regulations assigned to them are in fact constantly changing according to the ideals of the respective societal eras. The SARS-CoV-2 neo-coronavirus infection, identified in December 2019 as the cause of Covid-19 disease, has become a global pandemic, causing a major health, economic and social crisis. The pandemic had an impact on the single market mechanisms established by the European Union, affecting freedoms—the free movement of services, goods, capital and people—and on almost every aspect of everyday life as it had been until then. In border regions, these effects were magnified. The active socio-economic interactions of the Hungarian–Slovak border regions were interrupted overnight as a result of the border traffic measures, causing significant negative changes and restructuring the functioning of cross-border processes.