by EPHA | Apr 30, 2015 | News Release, Statements
Is the Commission coming unstuck on health? As new Brussels media outlet, Politico.eu, has aptly noted this week, EU health policy seems to be stuck in the Brussels mud. Despite the apparent best intentions of the Commissioner for Health, the instruction from the top...
by EPHA | Apr 29, 2015 | News Release, Statements
29 April, Brussels – Today, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a Resolution calling on the European Commission to present a new EU Alcohol Strategy to tackle health harm for 2016-2022. The clear message from MEPs comes just a week after EU Health Ministers...
by EPHA | Apr 3, 2015 | News Release, Statements
Click HERE to download the event announcement (pdf). [ ->http://www.mepheartgroup.eu/index.php/meetings-activities/item/63-achieving-a-transfat-free-europe-14-april-2015] MEP Heart Group Secretariat:...
by EPHA | Apr 2, 2015 | News Release, Statements
Whilst the negotiations on the EU-US ‘TTIP’ trade deal give the health community plenty of cause for concern, one positive aspect is that they’re getting lots of attention from Members of the European Parliament. Rightly so. Currently 14 Parliament...
by EPHA | Apr 1, 2015 | News Release, Statements
1st April, Brussels – The European Parliament’s committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety supported yesterday a resolution calling for a new EU strategy to tackle health harm from alcohol to be put into action for 2016-2022. The Resolution...
by EPHA | Mar 2, 2015 | News Release, Statements
The question of who provides scientific advice to policy-makers at the European Commission is challenging and controversial. While the EU promotes science to support innovation and economic growth, using science for ‘evidence-based’ public policy remains...
