Download or read book How, and in what ways, did the decade of crisis after 2008 impact on relations between the EU’s institutions? written by Maximilian Scheller and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,0, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, course: Politics of the EU, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the question, how the different crises impacted on the relations between the European Union’s institutions. The main purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of how the institutions changed during the decade of crisis itself and among themselves. In the following lines impact and change will be described on the example of the eurozone crisis. The paper first shed a light on the role of the European Parliament and how its position has been influenced. The second part is concerned with the European Commission, while thirdly, the role of the European Council will be considered. Fourthly, the role of the European Central Bank will be discussed and in what ways its position about the eurozone crisis let the supranational institution to power. In conclusion, the final chapter draws upon the entire topic and summarizes the discussed points. “Crisis can also be blunt opportunities for supranational institutions to show leadership.” (Hodson and Puetter, 2019). The institutions of the European Union play an important role in the maintenance of the construction of European politics. During their developments over the last decades they went through a number of changes, crises, and realignments. Especially in the last decade, these influences on the European Union have increased. Chiefly, in the growing economical and political European world, the decade of crisis has become a central issue for the European Union. Starting with the euro crisis, over to the Ukraine crisis, the refugee crisis, the democracy and confidence crisis with rising populism, and the Brexit dilemma – the so-called, multiple crises forced and force the European Union and its intergovernmental and supranational bodies to constantly face new challenges.