The Council of the EU had agreed to negotiate a legally binding international treaty on pandemics—an idea promoted by the president of the European Council and the WHO (see EUROPE B12714A12); however, it must take into account the results of the last extraordinary meeting of the World Health Assembly held at the end of 2021 (see EUROPE B12844A2, B12842A2).
As a result, work is underway so as to prepare the decision that will give the European Commission a mandate to negotiate, on...