Eficacitatea măsurilor adoptate de Uniunea Europeană pentru sprijinirea statelor membre în perioada pandemiei de Covid-19

Abstract

"The European Union has faced an unprecedented health crisis in recent months, followed by a major economic crisis for member states. In accordance with the competences assigned to it by the Member States, the Union has acted in the medical, economic and financial fields, providing financial and logistical support to the Member States, however, at the beginning of the pandemic, it was observed that the Union faced at least two sensitive issues, namely the lack of visibility of its actions and the reaction of some Member States or acceding countries that were “abandoned” in the fight against the virus. Gradually, the Union institutions have begun to take concrete and effective measures, with a positive impact on both health and economic levels. At the same time, given that many Member States have triggered a state of emergency at national level which has involved, inter alia, the restriction of certain rights and freedoms, the European institutions have adopted certain similar restrictive measures, in particular movements of goods and persons; these restrictions must comply with the specific provisions of primary and secondary Union law, as well as the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. In conclusion, from the point of view of the legal analysis of the construction of the Union, it is important to follow the outlines of reflections on overcoming this crisis and how they will lead to the revision of the EU Treaties both in terms of institutional structure and competence."