The EU Parliament has adopted a less ambitious stand on air pollution than wished for by ENVI. Brussels, 28 October 2015. The European Parliament voted today on the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive, setting out national limits on a range of air pollutants....
14 October, 2013 – The EPHA Secretariat, with two decades of expertise in advocating for better health for everyone living in Europe, has LAUNCHED TODAY a handbook to ease the reader’s journey into the EU’s competences on public health: its legislative basis,...
Brussels, 8th July – Today, the European Parliament adopted its Initiative report with recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). EPHA and EHN welcome the report as it includes vital...
This month we present a guest editorial by Frank Vanbiervliet, from EPHA member Doctors of the World – Médecins du monde International Network, on a pressing public health issue: the EU’s migration agenda. Putting evidence-based public health policies at...
Brussels, 15 June – Civil society raised serious concerns about the impacts of TTIP on access to good food and health, as well as the risk of deterioration of environmental, agricultural and animal welfare standards yesterday, at an event organised by Demeter...
