The impact of COVID-19 on European Union Law
MCEL master thesis project 2021-2022
The COVID-19 pandemic which has the whole world including the European Union in its grip since March 2020, is proving to become one of the largest challenges the Union had to face in its history. This thesis project enabled students to conduct research on the impact of COVID-19 crisis on various areas of European Law including the free movement of persons, health law or public procurement and to analyze the response mechanisms to the pandemic put in place by the Union through public health measures or economic support. Five students have successfully completed their Master's theses dealing with the inter-institutional exchange of information, the proportionality of internal border controls and free movement restrictions more broadly, compulsory vaccination obligations, and the new challenges to state aid law. MCEL master thesis project 2021-2022 was coordinated by Dr Sabrina Roettger-Wirtz and Dr Annalisa Volpato.
Overview of participants and thesis topics
1. Ella de Jonge - ‘Transparency in the Time of COVID-19: Inter-Institutional Information Sharing for European Parliamentary Oversight in the EU Vaccines Strategy’
2. Léa Schumacker - ‘Proportionality of Internal Border Controls: From the COVID-19 Pandemic To the 2021 Proposal’
3. Eline Sijmons - ‘Proportionality of Free Movement Restrictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine’
4. Eleni Superman - ‘National compulsory COVID-19 vaccination obligations for workers and the prohibition of discrimination in EU law’
5. Jonas Wilden - ‘Preserving Fair Competition in the Internal Market in Times of Crisis – The General Court’s Application of the Proportionality Principle in EU State Aid Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic’
The impact of COVID-19 on European Union Law thesis project
The overview contains the abstracts of all thesis projects. Some of the theses are published in full below.
Overview of abstracts
Ella de Jonge (2022) - Transparency in the Time of COVID-19: Inter-Institutional Information Sharing for European Parliamentary Oversight in the EU Vaccines Strategy
Eleni Superman (2022) - National compulsory COVID-19 vaccination obligations for workers and the prohibition of discrimination in EU law
Jonas Wilden (2022) - Preserving Fair Competition in the Internal Market in Times of Crisis – The General Court’s Application of the Proportionality Principle in EU State Aid Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Proportionality of Internal Border Controls
One excellent thesis has been published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. See: Schumacker, L. (2022). Proportionality of Internal Border Controls: From the Covid-19 Pandemic to the 2021 Proposal. Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, 18, 151−197. Available at: https://www.cyelp.com/index.php/cyelp/article/view/490.