MEPs take tough stance on EU H1N1 pandemic response
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
A European Parliament committee has strongly criticised the EU's handling of the 2009 flu pandemic, saying it was "disproportionate", unnecessarily costly and fraught with conflicts of interest, and that the European institutions were too closely tied to the World Health Organization to be able to respond appropriately to the unfolding crisis1.
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