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Schramm, Lucas and Wessels, Wolfgang (2023). The European Council as a crisis manager and fusion driver: assessing the EU's fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. J. Eur. Integr., 45 (2). S. 257 - 274. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1477-2280

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Abstract

As with previous crises, the European Union's (EU) reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic has again highlighted the European Council's pivotal role in the EU's institutional architecture and development. In creating the 'Next Generation EU' recovery package in July 2020, it provided the Union's main instrument for coping with economic damage resulting from the pandemic. In both the run-up to and aftermath of this history-making decision, the European Council acted as the driver of a horizontal and vertical fusion of responsibilities: horizontally, it instructed and partly relied on other EU institutions; vertically, it satisfied and further developed close links between the EU and national levels of government. Scrutinising the different phases of a policymaking cycle (preparation, decision, implementation, control), this article highlights and puts into perspective the European Council's key activities at each stage.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schramm, Lucas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wessels, Wolfgang UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-667705
DOI:	10.1080/07036337.2022.2111418
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Eur. Integr.
Volume:	45
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 257 - 274
Date:	2023
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1477-2280
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTEGRATION Multiple languages International Relations; Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66770