| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Health and Food Safety |
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| Series Details | COM (2020) 724 |
| Publication Date | 11/11/2020 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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Summary: Communication published by the European Commission on 11 November 2020, setting out an agenda aimed at building a European Health Union. Further information: During the early days of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Member States took unilateral measures to protect their own populations. However, those uncoordinated measures resulted in disruption of essential supply chains across the EU internal market, and some became largely ineffective. European public opinion has shown increasing support to the European Union acquiring a more active role in health matters. During her State of the Union address in September 2020, the President of the European Commission called on the EU to draw lessons from the crisis and build a European Health Union. This Communication sets out the first building blocks for a European Health Union. It outlines the lessons learnt from the first stage of the pandemic, and advocates the strengthening of existing structures and mechanisms for better EU level protection, prevention, preparedness and response against human health hazards. It recommends a reinforced framework for cross-border cooperation against all health threats in order to better protect lives and the internal market as well as to maintain the highest standards in the protection of human rights and civil liberties. It also strengthens the EU role in international coordination and cooperation to prevent and control cross-border health threats and improve global health security. The Communication is also accompanied by three legislative proposals: |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:724:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Health |
| Subject Tags | Public Health |
| International Organisations | European Union [EU] |
