The European Union, the Corona Crisis and policies in the purgatory of national governments and transnational institutions

The outbreak of the corona virus has once again revived the debate over European political architecture and the consequences of European integration for the independence and authority of the state in Europe. Although there has always been debate among statesmen and transnationalists over the six decades since the European Convergence Project was formed, the Corona crisis has shifted this pendulum swing in favor of the state. Corona virous once again changed this pendulum swing in favor of the governmentalist and raised the question of how far the role and competence of the national government and transnational institutions in the fight against Corona? In response to this question, the present study has hypothesized that the inefficiency of transnational institutions in response to Corona has strengthened national governments.The research findings also show that despite the apparent confrontation between the two national and transnational levels, we are witnessing the coexistence of these two levels in the fight against corona, and as the success of European institutions is a common denominator of national government decisions; European institutions, in turn, have played an important role in supporting the national cooperation of member states in the fight against corona.