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jonbxx · 22-04-2020, 17:59

Acquisition of PPE is a public health issue and so does not normally fall under the EUs umbrella as public health is a national issue, not an EU wide one so the European Commission has started from scratch on this one.

So why did countries ask/allow the EU to take on PPE procurement? I am guessing cost is a big issue. If 27 countries (or 28 if someone checks their email) plus a few other countries are all bidding for a limited supply of PPE, a bidding war will start which doesn't help anyone but most impacts the less well off countries which have been hit hard by the virus.

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jonbxx cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: #Plagueisland Age: 54 Services: VM VIP Pack Posts: 1,712	Re: Coronavirus Acquisition of PPE is a public health issue and so does not normally fall under the EUs umbrella as public health is a national issue, not an EU wide one so the European Commission has started from scratch on this one. So why did countries ask/allow the EU to take on PPE procurement? I am guessing cost is a big issue. If 27 countries (or 28 if someone checks their email) plus a few other countries are all bidding for a limited supply of PPE, a bidding war will start which doesn't help anyone but most impacts the less well off countries which have been hit hard by the virus.