MEPs fight to keep EU health from being dissolved into mega-fund

EU PERSPECTIVES - Funding that helps fight cancer, rare diseases or future health crises could lose its own programme in the next EU budget. The European Commission wants to fold it into a new competitiveness fund. MEPs warn health spending could become harder to track among defence, tech and industry — and easier to sideline when priorities clash. Read more

We want to ensure lasting support to EU4Health, says MEP Carla Tavares / Photo: European Parliament