Standard Institution of the European Union? Changes to the European Council's Working Methods During the Financial Crisis

Standardní unijní instituce? Proměny vnitřního fungování Evropské rady na pozadí finanční krize

Robert Zbíral

Současná Evropa, 2015, vol. 2015, issue 1, 4-18

Abstract: Since its founding in 1974, European Council has become one of the most influential actors in the EU. One of the Lisbon Treaty's objectives was to stabilize the position of the European Council and make it a standard component of the institutional framework. Yet the plan of serene adaptation was disrupted by the outburst of financial and economic crisis in the Eurozone (EU). Under external pressure, European Council was suddenly forced to operate as a forum for averting the incoming catastrophe and for preventing recurrence of the problems. Our article analyses how the crisis affected the internal operations of the institution. It tests the hypothesis that representatives of the Member States used all necessary means to adapt the working methods to the most effective solution of the crisis and overlooked any limitations of the European Council's addition to the EU institutional framework. Based on empirical enquiry into selected aspects of the European Council's functioning, the hypothesis is confirmed.

Keywords: European Council; Eurozone crisis; economic governance; President of the European Council; institutional framework; instruments of negotiations; Evropská rada; krize v eurozóně; ekonomické vládnutí; předseda Evropské rady; institucionální rámec EU; vyjednávací nástroje (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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