The European Parliament and Covid-19. Organisational adaptations and their implications on parliamentary activity
Résumé
As soon as March 2020, the President of the European Parliament (EP) has decided to shutdown the assembly's facilities in Brussels and to cancel the plenary sessions in Strasbourg. Important decisions were made to abandon in-person meetings, introduce teleworking for all staff, and implement remote deliberation and voting in both committees and the plenary. The Rules of Procedure were adapted to formalize these organisational changes in the eventuality of a new crisis. The EP proved to be resilient: it continued to discuss and adopt many legislative, budgetary, and non-legislative texts in plenary. However, the sequence of remote-work had an impact on the political dynamics within the EP. It was characterised by a very high level of consensus, as the result of a higher level of agreement between the two main groups, the EPP and S&D. Also, the main groups became much more cohesive.
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Science politique
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