Centralizing EU Policy in Fighting Infectious Diseases: Status Quo, Citizen Preferences, and Ways Forward

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Publication date 07-2020
Journal CESifo-Forum
Volume | Issue number 21 | 2
Pages (from-to) 47-52
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Amsterdam Center for European Law and Governance (ACELG)
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Abstract 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.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://www.cesifo.org/en/publikationen/2020/article-journal/centralizing-eu-policy-fighting-infectious-diseases-status-quo
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