W poszukiwaniu rozwiązania kryzysu pandemicznego SARS-CoV-2. Reakcje i działania Unii Europejskiej w 2020 r.

• Authors: Cymbranowicz Katarzyna

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In search of a solution to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic crisis. Responses and actions of the European Union in 2020

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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The purpose of this article is to discuss the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic as a factor that influences the shaping of integration processes in Europe, the European Union included. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes triggered a humanitarian crisis that quickly became a challenge for all societies and economies in the 21st century, including the European Union. The former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, even saw the coronavirus pandemic as a challenge of a ‘historical dimension’ for the European Union, which would face ‘the greatest test since its inception’. In turn, the former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, spoke about a polycrisis, describing the multitude of challenges that the European Union has to face. It is therefore legitimate to ask whether the current situation of the polycrisis can be resolved to such an extent that the process of European integration could develop and, in the long term, the entire European Union may emerge from it even more integrated. The adopted research hypothesis assumes that the current pandemic has been an accelerator for isolationist and protectionist tendencies, the consequence of which will be the introduction of a new order in Europe. Among the research methods, the monographic method, the method of examining documents and the case by case study method were mainly used.

Keywords

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COVID-19; pandemic; integration; Poland; European Union

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 4 (385)
• Pages: 7-39

Contributors

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Cymbranowicz Katarzyna

• Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie