EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Internal market

Decision to centralise purchase of vaccines at European level was a good one, but not its implementation, according to a senior fellow at Bruegel Institute

Brussels, 23/02/2021 (Agence Europe)

J. Scott Marcus, Senior Fellow at the Bruegel Institute, welcomed, on Monday 22 February, the decision to centralise vaccines at European level in front of MEPs from the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). However, the implementation of this decision is “clearly” problematic, he said.

“The decision to centralise was a good decision, the implementation has been horribly flawed”, summed up the senior fellow researcher, pressed by several MEPs, including Jordi...