Regulatory power in times of crisis and beyond: assessing the European Green Deal

The European Commission announced a new ‘Green Deal’ at the end of 2019, just months before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sandra Eckert argues that while the pandemic might have been expected to derail the EU’s agenda, the Green Deal has benefited from successful attempts to frame Europe’s green transition as a necessary precondition for economic recovery. She takes a more cautious approach, however, with respect to challenges ahead for the EU’s regulatory power in the global green transition.