Εξευρωπαϊσμός και Κράτος Πρόνοιας στην Ελλάδα και την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση την Εποχή της Πανδημίας Covid-19. Η Περίπτωση του Εθνικού Συστήματος Υγείας.

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to study and evaluate the efforts to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic in the EU and Greece so as to understand the ability of the Greek health system to deal with such crises. The main questions are: What initiatives have been developed at EU level to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic? Did these initiatives affect the Greek health system? Did the Greek health system manage to face the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic? As it is argued, both the European and Greek systems have successfully managed to respond to the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic. Several factors contributed to this success, such as, for example, the necessity of dealing with the pandemic, the strict restrictive measures, but also the strengthening of coordination and cooperation at both the European and Greek level. This success in no way implies that there should be complacency. Rather the opposite. The chronic problems that exist primarily in the Greek health system should be successfully addressed in the future. For this reason, there is the necessity, on the one hand at the national level, of the modernization of the Greek health system, and on the other at the European level, the promotion and integration of important and innovative strategies such as the European Health Union.