Devising multi-level strategies of post-crisis recovery and resilience

This policy brief draws on REGROUP’s research outputs on the EU’s and member states’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and puts forward a set of policy recommendations for EU policymakers on how to handle future crises. To do so, the paper identifies three main lines of investigation on which REGROUP’s work is being conducted – a) EU governance and policies, b) democracy and legitimacy in the EU and c) EU actorness on the global stage. For each of these lines of investigation, the paper discusses contributions from the REGROUP consortium in the form of research papers, external publications and current projects. Finally, based on research findings for each of these dimensions, the policy brief concludes by setting out policy recommendations about possible changes to help the EU to navigate emergency politics in the future.