On Tuesday 30 March, about 30 policymakers co-signed a newspaper article calling for a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response. Co-signatories among the EU27 include the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain, as well as the President of the European Council.
“The question is not ‘if’ there will be another pandemic, but ‘when’. There is no time to lose, we have to be ready”, said Charles Michel, president...