The  Crisis management in the European Union on the example of the Covid-19 pandemic

Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse

doi:10.35765/hp.2747

Data publikacji : 2026-03-31

Tom 17 Nr 58 (2026)

The Crisis management in the European Union on the example of the Covid-19 pandemic

Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7270-8900

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35765/hp.2747

Dział: ARTYKUŁY TEMATYCZNE / THEMATIC ARTICLES

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The Eurozone crisis revealed specific methods of crisis management which were largely inspired by German diplomats and politicians. Therefore, the four elements observed in this Eurozone crisis can be described as the "German method" of emergency politics. It consists in preferring austerity policy, introducing strong financial conditionality, centralizing management, and finally, a narrative that is supposed to legitimize the introduced changes and stigmatize opponents. The aim of the article is to verify this method in relation to the pandemic crisis in the EU.

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