This article provides an assessment of the EU institutions' response to the coronavirus pandemic. By building on a synthesis of the new intergovernmentalism and the emergency politics approach it contends that the effectiveness and legitimacy of de novo bodies like the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have fallen prey to its intergovernmental decision-making structure, whereas the ECB has proven to be more resilient. The European Commission as the traditional engine of European integration was able to fill the gap with its large-scale recovery instrument termed ‘Next Generation EU’ and via the creation of a temporary loan-based instrument to support national short-term work schemes (SURE). The historic July 2020 European Council produced policy outputs such as the ‘emergency brake’ and the diluted ‘rule of law mechanism’ that have the potential to deepen the rift between polarized member states.

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大流行政治：冠状病毒紧急时期的欧盟

本文评估了欧盟机构对冠状病毒大流行的反应。通过综合新的政府间主义和紧急政治方法，它认为从头开始的有效性和合法性欧洲稳定机制 (ESM) 和欧洲投资银行 (EIB) 等机构已成为其政府间决策结构的牺牲品，而欧洲央行已被证明更具弹性。作为欧洲一体化的传统引擎，欧盟委员会能够通过其被称为“下一代欧盟”的大规模复苏工具以及通过创建基于贷款的临时工具来支持国家短期工作计划（SURE ）。历史性的 2020 年 7 月欧洲理事会产生了诸如“紧急刹车”和稀释的“法治机制”等政策成果，这些成果有可能加深两极分化成员国之间的裂痕。