Major structural changes in the EU policies due to the problems and risks caused by COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has a major effect on the world economy and the world's population. Statistics show worryingly, at the beginning of May there were almost 4 million diseases and almost 250, 000 deaths in the world. More than 1 million diseases are registered in the USA, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, France, and Russia. This extremely difficult context has led us to make a comparative analysis of the measures that the governments of the states of the European Union have taken to manage it. Our paper analyses the cooperation between the European Union and the states in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper contains some recommendations for the governments of the Member States to solve the problems of their health systems and to relaunch the economy in the European space. The results of the research are useful and interesting for the governments of the EU member states, which should have a unitary and coherent strategy to avoid economic and social imbalances. The recommendations contained in this paper can be a reference and source of inspiration for the EU institutions to develop a coherent strategy for a rapid social and economic recovery.