Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 160-165

Journal: Democratic Theory: An Interdisciplinary Journal

Volume number: 7

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 2332-8894

eISSN: 2332-8908

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2020.070219

Publisher: Berghahn Journals

Abstract: 
In the past 70 years, situations that featured a lack of solidarity were always followed by the communitization of structures in the European Union. This contribution reflects on possible consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for the European Union. Even though the initial response from the EU looked unpromising and was driven at the nation-state level, the crisis may lead to new forms of solidarity through communitization. We argue that the EU needs equality for all EU citizens as well as institutionalized solidarity in order to finally become a real European democracy.

Harvard Citation style: Guerot, U. and Hunklinger, M. (2020) European Democracy after COVID-19, Democratic theory, 7(2), pp. 160-165. https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2020.070219

APA Citation style: Guerot, U., & Hunklinger, M. (2020). European Democracy after COVID-19. Democratic theory. 7(2), 160-165. https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2020.070219