Legal Preparedness and the European Health Union

The pandemic has made clear the absolute need to coordinate Member States’ action on health matters and to create a supranational health governance capable of anticipating and responding to health crises. The attention towards legal preparedness in the context of public health emergencies is well reflected in the post-pandemic acts adopted by the European Union (EU) legislator. This contribution aims at singling out the most prominent aspects of the (still ongoing) reform process with a view to assess the efficiency and coherence of the overall system of emergency management in light of the objectives of the European Health Union and the new EU Global Health Strategy.