European Union Border Law During The Covid-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the European Union’s border law, testing its fundamental principle of free movement against the imperative of public health protection. This article examines how the EU managed tensions between these values from March 2020 to June 2023, highlighting the evolving dynamics of internal and external border controls. The analysis identifies four key themes which remain an EU law legacy from the pandemic: reinterpretation of the rule/exception structure to integrate health concerns; deployment of selective mobility across geopolitical and individual dimensions; strategic use of soft law instruments to guide national measures; and reliance on technocratic governance to steer coordinated responses. By exploring these themes across distinct pandemic phases, the article demonstrates how EU COVID-19 border law exemplifies the integration of public health as a value and underscores the need to reconcile this with the EU’s legal framework on free movement.

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