Anne Bucher
Anne Bucher was Director-General in the European Commission until October 2020, first as the Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board since 2016 and as a Director General for Health and Food Safety. Having joined the Commission in 1983, Anne Bucher held a number of senior management positions and worked in various fields of European policies: macroeconomic forecast and models, governance of the eurozone and structural reforms; digital economy; EU tax policy; Structural funds, research funding, evaluation of employment policies, enlargement and development aid.
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The European Health Data Space
The failure of global public health governance: a forensic analysis
In this Policy Contribution, we seek to understand the reasons for these failures of global collective action.
Does Europe need a Health Union?
This Policy Contribution assesses the rationale for a Health Union.
Pandemic prevention: avoiding another cycle of ‘panic and neglect’
Agreement is needed at international level on mechanisms to ensure better preparedness for the next pandemic.
Increasing the global supply of essential medical supplies: Time for Europe to step up its global leadership
Europe has already made a significant financial contribution to beating the pandemic, now it has the opportunity and moral responsibility to do more.
Health: Crisis governance for a vital global public good
Given the collapse in cooperation over health governance, what strategies should be pursued at international level, and by what means?
Economic governance of the EU: Quo Vadis?
This event will address topics of central interest in current EU policy debates: fiscal and competitiveness coordination, financial union and the dive