The EU’s supportive role in managing public health crises and cross-border threats
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, the European Union (EU), its Member States and institutions swiftly managed to work together and
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Consumer policy can help clean up transport in Europe
As I started to write this article, the COP26 climate conference was just beginning. Twitter was abuzz with people tweeting
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Better mobility, better city, better life
As the place where most people live, and where most emissions are produced, the engagement of urban municipalities is paramount
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Improving patient survival and quality of life through an effective European Health Union
Over the past decade, the number of cancer survivors has increased substantially, and with an ageing European population and increasingly
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Role-Players: The importance of patients in co-designing Europe’s future health system
Pandemics have played a significant role in shaping human history throughout the ages. Few people reading this today will remember
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Research and Innovation brings Europe together
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of the countries working together to share experiences, data and resources. In the
Read moreInvestEU: accelerate the EU’s strategic investment in the production of medical equipment and drugs
The InvestEU Programme is the inheritor of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, also known as the ‘Juncker Plan’, which
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Harmonization of EU minimum standards for quality health care, can help to improve the preparation and coordination in case of health crisis.
The European experience with COVID-19 pandemic has once again revealed an inconvenient truth. Despite screams and lies coming from various
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