With the US leaving the WHO, Europe must urgently increase its global leadership in health preparedness – not weaken it
Five years on, Covid-19 taught us the hard way, that health crises can turn our lives upside down overnight – forcing lockdowns, halting even the world’s strongest economies but, most importantly, killing millions. The pandemic exposed the weaknesses of the most advanced healthcare systems – including the EU’s – and demonstrated that unilateral actions are […]
Alternative Futures of EU Integration after the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on EU integration, and on the role of the EU in the global governance context. In this report, we present four possible scenarios that may materialize in the coming years, and up to 2040, by using an ‘alternative futures’ approach. This is an exploratory method deployed to […]
From germs to guns and steel – how the world could waste the Covid-19 crisis
Three years after the WHO declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’, the Covid-19 pandemic is still taking a dramatic toll on the world, with over 20 million deaths based on excess mortality data. The global community was wildly unprepared, and this translated into improvisation, a lack of global solidarity and flagrant violations of […]
The European Council and Council of the EU
The eruption of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic took the EU institutions and Member States by surprise. This Policy Insight maps how the European Council and Council of the EU adapted to the unprecedented challenges to their working methods. It looks at the procedures, technology and human resources used in the period between March 2020 and […]
Is the proposed IP waiver to help combat Covid-19 all it seems?
Will the Delta variant, currently ripping its way across the world, and the many other unknowns in relation to Covid-19 now justify the ‘exceptional circumstances’ needed for a waiver of certain intellectual property (IP) rights under the TRIPS Agreement? Well, this will probably not be necessary, even in the current circumstances. The argument for an […]
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