Quand l'urgence de santé publique fait son entrée parmi les catastrophes en droit de l'UE

Abstract

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(1), 403-409 | European Forum Insight of 25 April 2020 | (Table of Contents) I. Le contexte: une réaction polymorphe de l'Union à la flambée du COVID-19. - II. Le texte: une extension rapide du champ d'application du Fonds de solidarité pour intégrer les urgences de santé publique. - III. Le surtexte: quelles implications de la désignation des urgences de santé publique majeures comme des catastrophes impliquant la solidarité? | (Abstract) In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, EU's reaction is mixed. It partly takes the form of a financial assistance to the Member States. Many funds are mobilized, for example the European Union Solidarity Fund which was set up to respond to major natural disasters and express European solidarity to EU countries and countries involved in accession negotiations with the Union. The scope of the European Union Solidarity Fund has been extended to encompass major public health emergencies. But such an extension raises many questions that can lead to reflection about the possibility of a European Union Health Law in the field of disasters.

Keywords

• covid-19 and the eu
• public health
• solidarity
• disaster
• financial assistance
• terms of financial assistance