Responding positively to an invitation from the European Parliament’s Covid-19 special committee, Sandra Gallina, Director General of the European Commission’s Health and Safety Directorate General, spoke out on Tuesday 30 August on the EU’s response to the pandemic.
Ms Gallina began by outlining the situation when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in the EU in spring 2020. The situation was marked by intergovernmental functioning, a lack of preparation and solidarity among Member...