Paradox of Communicable Diseases Governance in the EU

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has played a pivotal role in the EU''s approach to infectious diseases, but its journey toward empowerment has been anything but straightforward. Historically limited by member states'' reluctance to relinquish control over public health, the ECDC''s mandate was confined to detecting and assessing communicable diseases, with no authorit...