Syklinen eurooppalaistuminen, koronakriisi ja Suomi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37452/politiikka.117058Keywords:
EU, Europe, europeanisation, governance, pandemic, Covid-19Abstract
This article examines, based on expert interviews, how different but overlapping logics of action guided the policies of the EU and its member states, especially those of Finland, in the first year and a half of the pandemic. We see three inherent logics – selfishness, emulation and coordination – taking shape, together assembling a form of what we call cyclical Europeanisation. Even though the normative principle of Europeanisation does not seem to have faltered, actions regarding the pandemic make apparent the tension between the Commission and the selfish member states. At the same time, the member states have found themselves in the situation together and have emulated each other’s policy measures under conditions of ambiguous scientific information. Regardless of the problems incurred, the ability to revert the tensions between the logics and also combine them pragmatically have formed a driving force for Europeanisation that further bolsters the argument of how the EU develops through crises – and not simply in terms of one-dimensional emergency governance.
