@inbook {4315, title = {How Covid-19 impacted the European integration processes? The case of EU Cohesion Policy and budget}, booktitle = {Towards the {\quotedblbase}new normal{\textquotedblright} after COVID-19 {\textendash} a post-transition economy perspective}, year = {2021}, pages = {30-43}, publisher = {Pozna{\'n} University of Economics and Business Press}, organization = {Pozna{\'n} University of Economics and Business Press}, edition = {Ewa Mi{\'n}ska-Struzik, Barbara Jankowska}, address = {Pozna{\'n}}, abstract = {

Purpose: The current pandemic crisis caused by Covid-19 significantly impacted the processes of European integration. The European Union decided to act within and beyond existing competences and instruments to support the efforts of its Member States, along with regional and local authorities, in the fight against Covid-19. Our study sheds light on the instruments and solutions proposed within the framework of the cohesion and budget policy to tackle the problems related to Covid-19 in Europe. The analysis focuses on two strands: 1) EU assistance offered through cohesion policy (CP) instruments toward above areas; 2) the future evolution of EU budget, and therefore integration shifts, provoked by the Covid-19 crisis.

Design/methodology/approach: The study analyzes statistical data with regard to the use of instruments of the Cohesion Policy under the Covid-19 pandemic, but also the amendments introduced to legal acts and decision-making processes that refer to the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021{\textendash}2027.

Findings: We notice a strong shift of priorities regarding environment transformation, digitalization, and health protection, reflected in the MFF. The coordinative role of European institutions and the redirection of different financial instruments to health care follows the neofunctionalist paradigm and represents a spillover effect resulting from integration. The crisis analyzed from the institutional perspective is seen as a chance to reform the decision-making process, while on the other hand, as a threat to the inclusive integration of all Member States.

Originality and value: The paper is an original contribution on the overall use of both financial and legislative instruments in the times of unprecedented health and economic crisis caused by Covid-19 in the European Union. The text can be a valuable insight for both researchers and practitioners in the field of broadly understood European studies.

}, keywords = {Covid-19, EU budget, EU cohesion policy, European integration, multiannual financial framework}, doi = {DOI:10.18559/978-83-8211-061-6/I2}, url = {https://wydawnictwo.ue.poznan.pl/en/book.html?isbn=978-83-8211-060-9}, author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak} } @article {267, title = {The strengthening of the Single European Market in the crisis circumstance}, journal = {Faculty of International Business and Economics Working Papers}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, pages = {1-38}, keywords = {competitiveness, economic crisis, EU budget, EU institutions, EU Multiannual Financial Perspective 2007-2013, Europe2020 strategy, European integration, European Union, internal market, international economics, Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, Single Market Act}, url = {http://www.ue.poznan.pl/att/DZIEK_GM/working_papers/Working_Paper_No2_2012.pdf}, author = {{\L}ukasz Wr{\'o}blewski and Musia{\l}kowska, Ida and Sapa{\l}a, Magdalena} } @article {268, title = {The strengthening of the Single European Market vs. the crisis}, journal = {Pozna{\'n} University of Economics Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, pages = {74-106}, abstract = {

The economic crisis that erupted in 2008 has significantly influenced the European Union (EU) economy and the questions about the future of the European integration process arose. The crisis effects forced the European Union institutions and its Member States to undertake significant decisions and to draw recovery plans. Apart from the initiatives aimed at the economic policy coordination and financial markets supervision, the EU proposed and introduced important initiatives for the strengthening of competitiveness of the internal market. In November 2008 the European Commission in the communication on the recovery plan proposed the ways to support the real economy and competitiveness, to boost demand and restore confidence in the European economy. Then, in the course of 2008-2011 years, a broad range of legislative and non-legislative decisions have been taken by the European Commission and European Parliament in order to minimize the crisis consequences for the internal market, including the Single Market Act and the new European strategy Europe 2020. Moreover, additional amount of money coming from the EU budget was designed for spending on i.e. energy safety, development of broad-band internet in the rural areas or enterprise help within the Cohesion Policy, and the European Investment Bank designed 15 bn euro for credits and loans for the SMEs.

}, keywords = {competitiveness, economic crisis, EU budget, EU institutions, EU Multiannual Financial Perspective 2007-2013, Europe2020 strategy, European integration, European Union, internal market, international economics, Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, Single Market Act}, url = {http://www.puereview.ue.poznan.pl/2012v12n2/4_Musialkowska_Sapala_Wroblewski.pdf}, author = {Musia{\l}kowska, Ida and Sapa{\l}a, Magdalena and {\L}ukasz Wr{\'o}blewski} }