On Wednesday 13 December, the European Parliament called for the adoption of measures at European level to better combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which account for 90% of all deaths in the EU and the largest share of national healthcare expenditure (see EUROPE B13287A14).
In adopting (578 votes in favour, 39 against and 15 abstentions) the report by Erik Poulsen (Renew Europe, Danish), the European Parliament believes that by improving health promotion, harm reduction and disease...