The Council of the EU is ready to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the terms of the health programme for the next seven years, the EU4Health programme. On Wednesday 21 October, the Committee of Permanent Representatives gave the German Presidency of the Council of the EU a negotiating mandate.
The European Parliament must now validate its position in plenary in mid-November so that the negotiations can really begin (see EUROPE B12580A7). Nothing has been decided yet,...