Abstract
The emergence of the EU has raised the question whether other types of governance exist except for the national one. This question has led to the emergence of the integration theories and the governance theories that discuss different types of governance in the EU context. However, the actions of the national states that caused Brexit or the changes in the judiciary systems of Poland and Hungary that are not in line with the EU principles and values made us wonder whether top-down governance really exists. Starting from the integration theories, we initiate an analysis of the dominant type of governance in the EU with respect to the multi-level governance theory. For this we chose to study the case of Poland and Hungary in order to analyze their actions in the rule of law and human rights and the power of EU pressures on these states’ internal decision-making process. For that we analyze the infringement cases initiated by the European Commission against Poland and Hungary in the field of rule of law and human rights between 2019 and 2021, their evolution, the EU’s ability to solve different problems in the Covid 19 crisis and the penalties the EU applied in cases of non-compliance. This analysis made us to come up with the term intermittent governance, which explains the alternation of national governance with the supranational governance in order to solve problems and fulfill social needs.
Presenters
Doina GavrilovPh.D., Political Science, National School of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA), Romania
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Governance,Intergovernmentalism,Neo-functionalism,Intermittent Governance,European Union
