FORGING A EUROPEAN HEALTH UNION: BETWEEN SUBSIDIARITY AND SOVEREIGNTY?

Guy, M ORCID: 0000-0003-0242-6366 and Kuiper, E (2022) FORGING A EUROPEAN HEALTH UNION: BETWEEN SUBSIDIARITY AND SOVEREIGNTY? Eurohealth, Journal of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 28 (3). pp. 50-52. ISSN 1356–1030

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Abstract

Developing a European Health Union necessarily involves re-examining European Union (EU) and national level interaction. While this is currently framed around limited legal competence, its political identity is notable: the EU’s role is restricted because health is a Member State competence. Although this has not precluded more subtle EU-level involvement via, for example, internal market rules and fiscal policies such as the European Semester, the explicit development of a European Health Union is more contentious and political by nature. We consider here how the principle of subsidiarity and concerns about national sovereignty may help – or hinder – the shaping of a true European Health Union.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	European Health Union; Subsidiarity; Sovereignty; Solidarity; COVID-19
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Law and Justice Studies
Publisher:	World Health Organization, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Date of acceptance:	11 July 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	22 January 2024
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2024 11:02
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2025 14:30
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22373

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