On Tuesday, 9 March, the European Parliament approved by a large majority (631 votes in favour, 32 against and 34 abstentions) the new health programme for the 2021–2027 period, EU4Health, which aims to better anticipate health threats.
During a debate before the vote, a vast majority of MEPs were pleased that they had resisted the EU Council’s attempts to cut the budget and had retained a total budget of €5.1 billion over 7 years—that being half the amount proposed by the...