The implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) by EU member states.

What is it about?

By focusing on three Eurozone members (Austria, Greece, and Slovakia) which represent distinct voices and experiences within the EU integration project, we argue that a new form of conditionality, coordinative conditionality, can be identified. While this conditionality shares many features with previous conditionality forms, it is also unique as it results from what has been described as coordinative Europeanisation, namely early coordination between the EU and member states; informal channels of communication alongside formal negotiations; and a heightened salience of ownership by national governments.

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Why is it important?

We add a new term, coordinative conditionality, to explain the relationship between the European Commission and EU members post-COVID 19.