While she did not talk about health policy at all during her campaign in the European Parliament, the future President of the European Commission mentioned it briefly in her Programme for Europe, published when she was elected on 16 July.
Thus, like the unsuccessful EPP Spitzenkandidat Manfred Weber, she has made the fight against cancer one of her priorities. "As a doctor, I strongly believe in the importance of health. Some 40% of us will face cancer at some point in our lives, and...