The Procedural Legacy of Two Years  of COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Temporary Modiﬁcation of the Council’s  Rules of Procedure Became Permanent

Vandenbosch, Sofia; Misonne, Antoine

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The Procedural Legacy of Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Temporary Modiﬁcation of the Council’s Rules of Procedure Became Permanent

Vandenbosch, Sofia; Misonne, Antoine

2024 • In Coman, R; Costa, O.; Sierens, V. (Eds.) EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crisis

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[en] The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic compelled to establish internal working methods to sustain its operations. From the very beginning of the crisis, the use of the ordinary written procedure was the cornerstone of the daily work within the Council. The study of the written procedure has been somewhat overlooked in academic legal literature. This chapter aims to bridge this knowledge gap, shedding light on this alternative method for the Council to adopt legal acts. In the ﬁrst section, we describe the adaptations to the Council’s working methods made necessary by the pandemic. The second section evaluates these changes with a focus on the implications for democratic principles and transparency within the Council’s operations. We demonstrate that the frequent use of the written procedure during times of crisis enhances the Council’s decision-making efﬁciency, albeit at the expense of principles of democracy and transparency. Overall, the chapter illustrates what might be coined the transformative institutional power of crises.

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Public law

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Vandenbosch, Sofia ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit public

Misonne, Antoine

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English

Title :

The Procedural Legacy of Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Temporary Modiﬁcation of the Council’s Rules of Procedure Became Permanent

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2024

Main work title :

EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crisis

Author, co-author :

Coman, R

Costa, O.

Sierens, V.

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Routledge, Londres, United Kingdom

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85-107

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