nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210331-195022-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210331s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210331-195022-0 doi eng 342 23 Davies, Gareth Author aut Principled Generosity Mixed with Unmanaged Market - The EU and its Vaccine Policy Davies, Gareth Verfassungsblog 2021-03-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The EU is experiencing internal dissatisfaction at its inability to supply Member States with enough Covid-19 vaccines, while other countries – notably the UK – are racing ahead of it towards the end of the pandemic. Much criticism of the EU is unfair. It is being compared with countries that have shown more brutal and unashamed vaccine nationalism, but it should be proud that it has not gone down this path. By contrast, its role as global and regional vaccine supplier should not hide the fact that it has been too slow to recognize that vaccine sales cannot be left to the free market, while the Member States should not be allowed to hide their absence of leadership, initiative or organization behind critique of the EU. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU Commission Governance UK vaccination Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/principled-generosity-mixed-with-unmanaged-market/ raw object