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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13848
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Health

MEPs call for EU funding for Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

Faced with an estimated annual cost of over €100 billion and persistent inequalities in access to care, members of European Parliament’s Committee on Public Health (SANT) have called for a substantial budgetary boost for Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.

The draft report on implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, presented by Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Renew Europe, Romanian), was generally well received by the committee on Tuesday 14 April (see EUROPE B13840A10).

The rapporteur noted...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - Cyprus Presidency of EU Council sets out draft Negotiating Box ahead of first discussions on figures
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: on 23 and 24 April in Cyprus, EU27 will discuss war in Ukraine, war in Middle East and Multiannual Financial Framework
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: steel safeguard measures - EU Council and European Parliament reach a provisional agreement
TRADE/CLIMATE: European Court of Auditors casts doubt on effectiveness of future ‘Temporary Decarbonisation Fund’
SUDAN : Quintet expresses deep concern at continuation of hostilities
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
HUMANITARIAN AID: with humanitarian resources in Lebanon running out of steam, European Parliament Development Committee fears repeat of Palestinian situation
LEBANON: 17 countries - including 13 EU Member States - call for Lebanon not to be forgotten in regional appeasement efforts
MIDDLE EAST: situation in West Bank has worsened since start of war in Middle East, according to EU ambassador Alexandre Stutzmann
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Hungarian post-Covid-19 recovery plan - race against time for access to European funding has begun
EMU: strengthening euro’s international role requires creation of common safe asset, experts tell MEPs
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: Olivér Várhelyi defends his reform of regulation on medical devices to MEPs
HEALTH: MEPs call for EU funding for Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
COMPETITIVENESS: company obligations, support for ‘EU’ recycling industry, restocking - European Parliament puts forward its ideas for new ‘CRMA’
DIGITAL: France continues to push for Europe-wide ban on social media for minors
DIGITAL: Europe’s digital industry still hopes to influence negotiations on revision of AI Act
AGRICULTURE : Farm Europe launches a strategic dialogue with Ukrainian agri-food companies on EU enlargement
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights warns of Poland’s suspension of asylum procedures
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
RULE OF LAW: 2025 annual report - MEPs note limited progress in implementing European Commission’s recommendations
GENDER EQUALITY: European Commission defends 2026–2030 strategy before MEPs
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: Spain not doing enough to combat misuse of fixed-term contracts in public sector, says Court of Justice
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: EU Court of Justice clarifies scope of exception for ‘pastiche’ of musical work
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
DEFENCE: we must always try to do more, faster and in a simpler way, acknowledges EIB Vice-President Robert de Groot
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties gives go-ahead for EU to sign United Nations Convention against Cybercrime
STATE AID: European Commission approves Czech aid to develop biomethane production
STATE AID: agricultural biomass - European Commission authorises €1.3 billion German scheme to rewet drained peatlands
STATE AID: European Commission approves €615.7 million in funding for dairy sector in the Netherlands
TRADE: next interinstitutional negotiations on EU-US trade agreement to take place on 6 May
CULTURE: ‘Deaf’, 2026 LUX Audience Award
ECONOMY: MEPs ready to negotiate with EU Council on a targeted reform of European economic governance framework
FINANCES: EMIR 30 – ESMA publishes reporting templates and instructions on Active Account Requirement
ISRAEL: ECI calling for suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement has reached one million signatures, according to The Left