Crisis Policymaking in the EU: The COVID-19 Crisis and the Refugee Crisis 2015-16 Compared - Elements in European Politics

This study compares crisis-specific policymaking, its causes and consequences, at the two levels of the EU polity during the COVID-19 and the refugee crisis 2015-16. In both crises, EU policymaking responded to exogenous pressure and was dominated by executive decision-making.