AB’nin En Uzun Yılı İçin Turnusol Testi: Dayanışma İlkesi ve COVID-19 Salgınının 2020’deki Meydan Okumaları

Year 2021, Volume: 18 Issue: 71, 21 - 43, 26.10.2021

Pırıl Akın Ocak Çağrı Erhan

https://doi.org/10.33458/uidergisi.947511

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Dayanışma, Avrupa Birliği’nin (AB) en eski ama müphemliğini hâlâ koruyan ilkelerinden biridir. 2020 yılında,
COVID-19, AB’nin daha önce sınandığı birçok turnusol testinin arasında yerini aldı. Avrupa kurumlarının
başlangıçtaki tereddütleri ve pandeminin yol açtığı eşi görülmemiş sosyal ve ekonomik yıkımla başa çıkmak için
etkin ortak afetle mücadele mekanizmalarının yokluğu, dayanışma ilkesine karşı sert bir eleştiri dalgasını yeniden
tetikledi. AB’de dayanışmanın ortaya çıkışı ve dönüşümü hakkında kısa bir değerlendirmeden sonra, bu makale
esas olarak COVID-19’un, dayanışma algısı üzerindeki etkisine odaklanmaktadır. Pandemi sona ermemiş ve
bunun AB’deki genel sonuçlarını ölçmek için henüz çok erken olsa da, makale, AB üyelerinin dayanışma ilkesine
bağlılığı konusunda olumlu eğilimin yükselişte olduğunu iddia etmektedir.

Keywords

COVID-19, AB Dayanışma İlkesi, COVID-19’la Mücadelede AB Politikaları, Kriz Yönetimi, AB’de Dayanışma

A Litmus Test for the EU's Longest Year: Solidarity Principle and Challenges by COVID-19 in 2020

Abstract

Solidarity is one of the oldest but still ambiguous principles of the European Union (EU). In the year 2020,
COVID-19 took its place among many other previous litmus tests over solidarity. Initial reluctance of European
instutions and lack of effective joint counter-disaster mechanisms, to cope with the unprecedented social and
economic devastation caused by the pandemic, triggered once more a wave of harsh criticism of solidarity principle.
Although the pandemic did not reach to its end, and it is still too early to measure its overall results in the EU, the
article asserts that, a positive tendency for European members’ adherence to solidarity principle is on rise.

Keywords

COVID-19, EU Solidarity Principle, EU Policies Combating the COVID-19, Crisis Management, Solidarity in the EU

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