The European Council as a Crisis Manager
The EU’s Fiscal Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic- Autor:innen:
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- Reihe:
- Studies on the European Union, Band 19
- Verlag:
- 2022
Zusammenfassung
Faced with the deepest economic crisis in its history, the European Union established a seminal COVID-19 recovery package relying on common debt. This book analyses the European Council’s key role as a crisis manager and transformative force of the EU system. Combining thick descriptions of the history-making events of 2020-21 with EU theorising, we explain and critically assess the innovative set-up of the recovery package. Inside the European Council, we find a remarkable impetus for political consensus among national leaders. However, their detailed and ambiguous decisions at times came at the cost of political delay, legal uncertainty, and thin public scrutiny.
Angesichts der größten Wirtschaftskrise in ihrer Geschichte hat die Europäische Union ein COVID-19-Wiederaufbaupaket aufgelegt, das auf gemeinsamen Schulden beruht. Dieses Buch analysiert die Schlüsselrolle des Europäischen Rates als Krisenmanager und transformativer Kraft des EU-Systems. Durch eine umfassende Beschreibung der Ereignisse von 2020 und 2021 im Lichte von EU-Theorien bewerten die Autoren den innovativen Aufbau des Pakets. Im Europäischen Rat machen sie einen starken Impuls für politischen Konsens aus. Die detaillierten Entscheidungen der Regierungschefs erfolgten jedoch zuweilen um den Preis politischer Verzögerung, Rechtsunsicherheit und geringer parlamentarischer Kontrolle.
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- Copyrightjahr
- 2022
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8487-8437-0
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-7489-2812-6
- Verlag
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Reihe
- Studies on the European Union
- Band
- 19
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Seiten
- 160
- Produkttyp
- Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 18
- 1.1 The European Council Conclusions of July 2020 and their legal follow-up Kein Zugriff
- 1.2 A lively and controversial debate: the European Council’s role in framing a master narrative Kein Zugriff
- 1.3.1 Short-term analyses of objectives and results: a study of the legal documents and their impact Kein Zugriff
- 1.3.2 Assessing the interinstitutional impact: the European Council’s role and beyond Kein Zugriff
- 1.3.3 Longer-term perspectives: the rescue of the nation states by a Hamiltonian moment? Kein Zugriff
- 1.4 Conclusion: a moving target to remain on the agenda for research and teaching Kein Zugriff
- 2.1 The long road and the historical record: the European Council exercising the power of the purse Kein Zugriff
- 2.2 The long and slow road towards the 2021–2027 MFF: the usual business of postponing divisive issues Kein Zugriff
- 2.3 The fast track: the European Council in crisis mode Kein Zugriff
- 2.4 The July marathon meeting: tracing the drama Kein Zugriff
- 2.5 The bumpy road from the July to the December meeting and the February Regulation Kein Zugriff
- 2.6 The road map post-agreement Kein Zugriff
- 2.7 Conclusion: widening and deepening a multi-level analysis Kein Zugriff
- 3.1.1 Preparation phase: a mixture of bottom-up and top-down Kein Zugriff
- 3.1.2 Decision-making phase: Commission and Council in a traditional pattern under time pressure Kein Zugriff
- 3.1.3 Implementation phase: complex and complicated rules Kein Zugriff
- 3.1.4 Control phase: a set of detailed rules including the rule of law Kein Zugriff
- 3.1.5 A missing actor? A weak role for the EP Kein Zugriff
- 3.2 Conclusion: governance mechanisms on the research agenda Kein Zugriff
- 4.1 Explaining the key role of the European Council as a crisis manager Kein Zugriff
- 4.2.1 The importance of a ‘comprehensive package’ with concrete agreements Kein Zugriff
- 4.2.2 The role of the Presidency: facilitating consensus as the honest broker Kein Zugriff
- 4.2.3 The political culture of the leaders’ club: an esprit de corps, or the limits of collegiality? Kein Zugriff
- 4.2.4 Power relations: French-German leadership—a benevolent hegemony? Kein Zugriff
- 4.3.1 The European Council and the EP: follower, rival or partner? Kein Zugriff
- 4.3.2 The European Council and the Commission: a principal–agent relationship or a special partnership? Kein Zugriff
- 4.4 On the legitimacy debate: democratic shortcomings or consensus democracy? Kein Zugriff
- 4.5 Conclusion: the European Council as a transformative force—long-term perspectives on a constitutional architect Kein Zugriff
- 5.1 Variants of federalism: Spinelli, Monnet and Hallstein revisited Kein Zugriff
- 5.2 Variants of functionalism: the comeback of spill-over and supranational institutions Kein Zugriff
- 5.3 Variants of intergovernmentalism: member states as pivotal players in the EU Kein Zugriff
- 5.4 Variants of institutionalism: path dependence, self-interest, and political culture Kein Zugriff
- 5.5 Conclusion: towards further offers Kein Zugriff
- 6.1.1 A scenario of success Kein Zugriff
- 6.1.2 A scenario of failure Kein Zugriff
- 6.2.1 Towards a new normality: more or less international cooperation Kein Zugriff
- 6.2.2 A new road map for the future of the Union’s architecture Kein Zugriff
- 6.3 Lessons learned: recommendations for the teaching agenda Kein Zugriff
- 6.4 A ‘menu’ of tasks for further research Kein Zugriff
- References Kein Zugriff Seiten 147 - 160





