Beetsma, Roel
[VerfasserIn];
Burgoon, Brian
[VerfasserIn];
Nicoli, Francesco
[VerfasserIn];
Ruijter, Anniek de
[VerfasserIn];
Vandenbroucke, Frank
[VerfasserIn]
Centralizing EU policy in fighting infectious diseases
: status quo, citizen preferences, and ways forward
Beschreibung:
We confront the traditional role of the EU in the domain of health with the urgent need for collective action triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. In the face of such a crisis, we argue that the joint procurement, stockpiling, and allocation of medical countermeasures is a key component of true European solidarity, besides maintaining the integrity of the single market. We present the first results of a survey experiment taken before the current crisis on citizens’ attitudes toward centralizing at the EU level of policies to combat infectious diseases, which indicates considerable support.