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The president of the European Research Council resigned over the lack of a coordinated EU response to covid.
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"I have been extremely disappointed by the European response to Covid-19, for what pertains to the complete absence of coordination of health care policies among member states, the recurrent opposition to cohesive financial support initiatives, the pervasive one-sided border closures, and the marginal scale of synergistic scientific initiatives.
I am afraid that I have seen enough of both the governance of science, and the political operations at the European Union.
In these three long months, I have indeed met many excellent and committed individuals, at different levels of the organisation of the ERC and the EC.
However, I have lost faith in the system itself. And now the times require decisive, focused, and committed actions – a call to responsibility for all those that have an aspiration to make a difference against this devastating tragedy."
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When it comes down to it, member states really do still have policy autonomy and that a truly federal Europe is just a scare story - and that closer coopertaion would be beneficial?
or it's already falling apart with countries breaking ranks and acting in self interest?
Not sure how a one-size EU wide policy could ever work for this anyway. Big debate in euroland coming up.