As Washington retreats, Europe steps in on global health
14-05-2026
EU PERSPECTIVES - The next disease outbreak could reach Europe before anyone has a name for it. Washington's withdrawal from the World Health Organization has pushed the global health system into one of its deepest crises in decades, and Brussels is moving in. The European Commission's new global health strategy stakes Europe's claim as the anchor of an order being rebuilt from scratch. Read more

Síkela at the launch: health, he argued, has become a weapon of geopolitics / EC Audiovisual Service