In this paper we confront the role the EU traditionally plays in the domain of health with the urgent need for collective action triggered by the corona virus pandemic. In the face of such a crisis, we argue that the joint procurement, stockpiling and allocation of medical countermeasures is a...

Nearly all monetary unions are true ‘insurance unions': they not only centralise risk management with regard to banks, they also centralise unemployment insurance. The European Economic and Monetary Union is the one exception, but it is gradually developing policies driven by the need for...

All existing monetary unions centralise, to various degrees, specific social policy functions, notably functions that support economic stabilization, like unemployment insurance. The European Monetary Union features as the only exception. Compared to the United States, the European Monetary...