EU’s Interdependencies in the COVID-19 Crisis

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to highlight, from a perspective of globalisation and power relations, the interdependencies manifested at the level of the European Union (EU) during the first year of pandemic crisis. The EU needs to redefine priorities, acknowledge more the importance of the interdependencies, and establish a more inclusive development strategy for the following years. We will also focus our attention on the responses and guidelines drawn by Member States and institutional actors, in order to analyse the efficiency of those decisions. The pandemic crisis must be seen as an opportunity for relaunching the Union, which will have to take into account all necessary measures to streamline the process of European integration that constitutes the challenge of the new Europe

Keywords

• european union
• integration process
• interdependencies
• crisis management
• covid-19 pandemic.