Rapatriements en situation d'urgence lors de la pandémie de COVID-19: la solidarité européenne hors sol européen
solidarity, covid-19 and the eu, repatriation, consular protection, unrepresented citizens, extraterritorial dimension of eu citizenship
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(1), 469-477 | European Forum Insight of 16 May 2020 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Le droit à une protection consulaire des citoyens européens non représentés. - III. Le dispositif européen relatif au rapatriement en situation d'urgence. - IV. Enseignements et perspectives. | (Abstract) One of the priorities of the EU's external action during the COVID-19 outbreak was to ensure protection of its citizens stranded outside the European territory, especially those whose Member State of nationality had no embassy or consulate in a position to effectively provide consular assistance. Repatriation of these citizens was made possible because of the exercise of a right attached to EU citizenship and because of a European mechanism coordinating Member State action and EU support in the field of consular protection, especially in emergency situations. Some interesting lessons can be drawn from this experience concerning the extraterritorial dimension of EU citizenship and the role of the EU as a global actor.