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More than other EU ‘Unions’, the proposed Health Union requires proper definition because the EU’s competences are limited in this domain.
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Agnes Sipiczki, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium; and European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Karel Lannoo, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium; and European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
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Sipiczki, A., Lannoo, K. The EU Health Union in Search of a Definition and an Open Discussion. Intereconomics 56, 150–152 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-021-0971-z
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