THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS IN TIMES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: FRAGMENTATION VS. SOLIDARITY

Autores

  • ANTÓNIO PORTUGAL DUARTE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-0051
  • FÁTIMA TERESA CASTELO DA ASSUNÇÃO SOL MURTA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-7405
  • LICÍNIA SIMÃO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.17.1.8

Palavras-chave:

Alargamento, impactos macroeconómicos, integração europeia, pandemia de COVID-19, solidariedade

Resumo

O artigo analisa o impacto da pandemia da COVID-19 no processo de integração europeia, centrando-se particularmente na sua vertente económica. Os efeitos da pandemia foram especialmente graves nos setores do turismo, hotelaria e aviação, os mais afetados pelas medidas de combate ao vírus SARS-CoV-2, tais como o confinamento e o encerramento das fronteiras. Algumas das principais consequências causadas pela crise da pandemia da COVID-19 nos países europeus são explicadas com base numa avaliação crítica do sucesso de algumas medidas de intervenção pública implementadas pelos decisores políticos para a enfrentar. A investigação realizada destacou lições importantes: i) a solidariedade entre os diferentes Estados-Membros da UE foi fundamental para o sucesso do processo de vacinação; ii) a melhoria da saúde aumentou a oferta de mão de obra e a produtividade, contribuindo decisivamente para o crescimento económico na UE; iii) nem o setor do turismo nem o da aviação estavam preparados para lidar com grandes crises relacionadas com a saúde; e iv) a recuperação económica levará vários anos.

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Biografias Autor

ANTÓNIO PORTUGAL DUARTE, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-0051

He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) and a researcher affiliated with the Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER) at the same institution. He was an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Economics in Bratislava and the Belgrade Banking Academy. He is the author of the book “O Sistema Monetário Internacional: Uma Perspectiva Histórico-Económica” and author or co-author of several papers and book chapters. His main areas of research are European integration and international macroeconomics.

FÁTIMA TERESA CASTELO DA ASSUNÇÃO SOL MURTA, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-7405

She is a Professor at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), Faculty of Economics. She is a Research Fellow for CeBER – Centre for Business and Economics Research with PhD in Economics). Her research interests include banking economics and financial markets. She has published in journals such as Small Business Economics, Journal of Economic Studies, Eurasian Economic Review, Studies in Economics and Finance, Scientific Annals of Economics or Journal of Financial Crime.

LICÍNIA SIMÃO

PhD. She is Vice-Dean and Associate Professor with Habilitation at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal), teaching International Relations. She a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, where she is co-coordinator of the research group on “(Semi)peripheral Capitalism: Crises and Alternatives”. From 2018 to 2023, she served as an advisor to two Portuguese Ministers of Defence, and was Coordinator of the Atlantic Centre, from 2021 to 2023. Prof. Simão has held visiting research fellowships at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, and at the Centre for European Studies in Ottawa, and is currently a member of the Advisory Board at the Georgian Institute of Politics, in Tbilisi, and of the Ocean Regions Program, at the University of Pretoria Her research interests include foreign policy analysis and security studies, focusing on European foreign, security and defence policies, conflict management in the countries of the former-Soviet Union, as well as Atlantic security and Ocean Politics.

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Publicado

2026-05-04

Edição

Vol. 17 N.º 1 (2026)

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