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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12644

27 January 2021
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
Ursula von der Leyen announces launch of biological defence programme
Brussels, 26/01/2021 (Agence Europe)

Ursula von der Leyen announced, on Tuesday 26 January, that the European Commission, which she chairs, would propose the creation of a permanent “bio-defence preparedness programme” based on a public-private partnership, in order to best anticipate any new pandemic.

This programme, she said during her speech via videoconference at the Davos summit, will be based on “three main pillars”: - this ongoing programme will be fully dedicated to discovering (and preparing for) known and...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS