Summary
In this EU3D report, Tiziano Zgaga, Andrea Capati and Dora Hegedus examine patterns of dominance, namely arbitrary and unjustified use of power, surrounding the European Council (EUCO), which emerged during three recent and still unresolved crises: the socioeconomic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic (since March 2020), the rule of law controversy (since July 2020), and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (since February 2022). It does so by looking at both the EUCO’s relations with other EU institutions (inter-institutional dominance) and negotiations between governments within the EUCO (intra-institutional dominance).
