EUROPEAN UNION BETWEEN DISINTEGRATION AND INTEGRATION: BREXIT and pandemics

Authors

  • M. Mercedes Guinea Llorente Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/conflu.v23i2.50672

Abstract

During the last five years the European Union (EU) has suffered two extreme existential crisis: Brexit, the withdrawal of one of its Member States, and the COVID-19 pandemics, which has a considerable impact on the Single Market. This paper will revise the EU political responses to both phenomena, analyzing if they have promoted more integration –an option for common action- or disintegration –unilateral measures taken by Member States. We will address the role of both Member States and Institutions, following the theoretical frames of Liberal Intergovernmentalism and Neofunctionalism. We can assess that both crisis have produced integration dynamics, in the form of support to institutions and the launching of new common policies and instruments. EU is much more resilient than initially expected, Member States are conscious of its utility for addressing nowadays challenges, which explains their compromise with common action.

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Published

2021-08-04

How to Cite

M. Mercedes Guinea Llorente. (2021). EUROPEAN UNION BETWEEN DISINTEGRATION AND INTEGRATION: BREXIT and pandemics. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, 23(2), 157-177. https://doi.org/10.22409/conflu.v23i2.50672

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2021): DOSSIÊ: DIÁLOGOS ENTRE UNIÃO EUROPEIA E AMÉRICA LATINA: desafios e perspectivas para a sociedade internacional do século XXI

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Dossiê

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