The European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) approved the draft recommendations suggesting giving consent to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. The vote is met with strong disagreement by the European...
Brussels, 1 December 2016. A coalition of over 40 European and national health organisations and NGOs had previously joined forces in a campaign to protect children from commercial communications for alcohol and unhealthy food, calling on Members of the European...
Civil society criticises “Business As Usual” as Commission publishes its plans for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals SDG Watch Europe, a civil society alliance of more than 90 EU NGOs established to ensure the full implementation of the Sustainable...
Brussels, 18/11/2016. Today, on European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), the European Public Health Alliance and the European Patients Forum jointly call on the European Commission and national governments to step up the fight against drug-resistant infections in the...
The European Union should urgently come forward with a new target and measures to cut serious road injuries, according to public health and medical experts from across Europe in a letter sent today to the president of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker. The...
Brussels, 21/10/2016. Today the highest Scottish Court gave the green light to the introduction of Minimum Unit Prices (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland. MUP is a ‘floor price’ at which a unit of alcohol may be sold. Evidence abounds that MUP will lead to a significant...