During the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday 14 February, MEPs adopted a proposal for a decision to set up a sub-committee on public health (see EUROPE B13102A19) within the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). The creation of this sub-committee marks a further step in the consolidation of the Health Union. This sub-committee will continue the work of the ENVI committee’s ‘health working group’. The public health sub-committee...