Title: European Union crisis management: challenges for research and practice

Authors: Magnus Ekengren, Martijn Groenleer

Addresses: Center for European Security Studies, Swedish National Defence College, Box 27805, 115 93 Stockholm, Sweden. ' Department of Public Administration, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract: This article raises the question as to what role the EU can and should play in European crisis management. The EU has, in an ad hoc fashion, taken on the responsibility of protecting the security and safety of people from threats, ranging from the mad cow disease to terrorism, after 9/11 and bombings in Madrid and London. The challenge for research is to understand why the EU has been increasingly involved in crisis management. How is an |EU crisis| socially constructed? What |EU core values| must be threatened? Why do citizens expect the EU to act? What is the EU|s |crisis management capacity|? The challenge for practitioners is to discuss why, when, how and with what capacities the EU should be involved in crisis management. What should be the division of competence between EU institutions and member states?

Keywords: European Union; European crises; EU core values; crisis management; EU member states relationship; emergency management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2006.010284

International Journal of Emergency Management, 2006 Vol.3 No.1, pp.83 - 90

Published online: 12 Jul 2006 *

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