European Union Responses to the Pandemic: Perspectives on Climate Change, Cybercrime, Schengen

Abstract

This panel explores the public policy responses to Covid-19 in three main areas: climate change, cybercrime and Schengen. The first paper reviews the EU public policy responses in various areas during March-August 2020 arguing that in spite of the first few weeks of mixed (un)coordination, the EU has managed to demonstrate a high degree of adaptability. The EU was able to capitalise on previous existing trends in each policy areas, and in some like in climate change or cybercrime to operate a discursive shift. This shift however has not always meant further integration or delegation at supranational as demonstrated in the case of Schengen where the reintroduction of internal border controls has been uncoordinated and justified by a national security-health policy frame.

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European Union Responses to the Pandemic: Adaptability in Times of Permanent Emergency	View Paper Details
The COVID-19 Crisis: Critical Juncture for EU Climate Policy Development	View Paper Details
Discursive Continuity and Change in the Time of COVID-19: The Case of EU Cybersecurity Policy	View Paper Details
Framing Immobility: Schengen Governance in Times of Pandemics	View Paper Details