Outcome of the video-conference call of EU Heads of State or Government on 17 March 2020
Briefing
23-03-2020
On 17 March, the members of the European Council held a video-conference concerning the measures taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. European leaders felt the need for a coordinated approach, as individual They followed up on the four lines of action to contain the spread of the disease agreed at their video-meeting on 10 March, and discussed more in depth the EU’s external and internal border management.
Briefing
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- communications
- coronavirus disease
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- epidemic
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Council
- EUROPEAN UNION
- external border of the EU
- free movement of persons
- health
- internal border of the EU
- international law
- LAW
- medical device
- medical research
- migration
- public health
- repatriation grant
- social framework
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- socioeconomic conditions
- videophone conference