The EU Economic Constitution after COVID-19 and 'Next Generation EU'

REBUILD Centre Working Paper No. 1 (2022)

31 Pages Posted: 9 May 2022 Last revised: 20 Jun 2022

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Federico Fabbrini

Dublin City University - School of Law and Government; Princeton University

Date Written: April 1, 2022

Abstract

The paper examines from a legal perspective the economic policy measures adopted by the institutions of the European Union (EU) to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and explores their implications for the constitutional architecture of Economic & Monetary Union (EMU). The article maps the complex set of instruments quickly put in place by EU supranational and intergovernmental institutions since the outburst of the health crisis and focuses on the “Next Generation EU” (NGEU) Recovery Plan proposed in 2020 and rendered operational since 2021. The article examines the consequences of the economic policy measures adopted in response to COVID-19 on the functioning of Europe’s EMU, and argues that NGEU plays a major role in rebalancing EMU and endowing it with a fiscal capacity. As such, the article contrasts the responses to COVID-19 to those the EU had taken to address the euro-crisis and reflects on the long term consequences for the future of the EU.

Keywords: COVID-19, Economic and Monetary Union, European Union, Fiscal Capacity, Next Generation EU

Suggested Citation

Fabbrini, Federico, The EU Economic Constitution after COVID-19 and 'Next Generation EU' (April 1, 2022). REBUILD Centre Working Paper No. 1 (2022), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4101979 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4101979

Federico Fabbrini (Contact Author)

Dublin City University - School of Law and Government ( email )

Ireland

Princeton University ( email )

United States

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