The next pandemic starts in an animal. And the world isn’t ready, Macron warns

10-04-2026

EU PERSPECTIVES - France's president called a global health summit — and used it to declare that global cooperation is breaking down. Emmanuel Macron, hosting world leaders in Lyon under France's G7 presidency, championed the "One Health" approach, which treats human, animal and ecosystem health as inseparable. But his core message was a warning: the structures needed to prevent the next pandemic are weakening precisely when they are needed most. Read more

Macron at the One Health Summit in Lyon — where he warned that the very cooperation he called for is under threat / Photo: Philémon Henry/MEAE

 

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