A voluntary 2019 recruit in the Donbas war, a 24-year-old soldier has now left his unit, protesting against the lack of prospects for demobilization and denouncing social inequalities that help some people avoid being drafted.
The EU’s digital transformation efforts were at the epicentre of the European Health Forum Gastein. Euractiv spoke to Steffen Thirstrup, the European Medicines Agency’s CMO, about the digitalisation challenges.
Q&A with Greg Rossi, Senior VP, Head of Oncology Europe and Canada at AstraZeneca.
Despite the progress we’ve made in advancing reproductive rights across Europe, young people and women continue to face inequalities in accessing sexual and reproductive services. With many pregnancies in Europe still unintended, this issue needs urgen…
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Proposed European pharmaceutical reforms aim to tackle, amongst others, healthcare access inequalities amongst Member States. However, some of the proposed changes may limit innovation and negatively impact patient access to medicines, highlighting the…
He was the longest-serving economy minister in modern French history.
Without measures to tackle this issue, the digital divide will continue to exacerbate existing inequalities, further marginalising those who are already vulnerable, Juliana Santos Wahlgren and Susana Anastรกcio write.
A blueprint to make the EU more competitive with the rest of the world is published on Monday. It’s likely to prove controversial.
The 500,000 signatures needed to call for a referendum to repeal the Calderoli law on differentiated autonomy, which, despite giving more power to the regions, has been criticised for potentially increasing regional inequalities, have been collected, t…
The legislation triggered protests across the country and condemnation from human rights groups.
The law mirrors similar legislation passed in Russia and Hungary in recent years.
The U.K. state “failed” its citizens in the run-up to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Socio-economic inequalities and traditional burdens remain, as opportunities expand for women, in almost all countries, they are waiting longer to have children. The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 found that women in high income countries are havi…
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
Driving excellence: A new EU Action Plan for rare diseases that drives innovation, creativity and competitiveness can position the EU as a leader on the global stage.
The New Popular Front will improve ordinary peopleโs lives โ and itโs an effective, economically sound alternative to the far rightThe first round of legislative elections in France produced an unprecedented surge of support for the far right. Next Sun…
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The first-ever binding European
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Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has a great CV for the EU’s top health post. But will Belgium let him go?
Embattled prime minister bills himself as a man with a plan for the Tory faithful โ and paints Keir Starmer as a risky bet.
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
The cityโs startling turnaround has triggered a debate about whether ordinary residents are benefiting, or itโs become a playground for property developers and affluent newcomers.
Twenty years after 10 countries in Central and Eastern Europe joined the EU, itโs time for Ukraine and Moldova to join the club too, commissioner argues.
For the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, the economic transformation has been impressive but significant disparities remain to this day and this is particularly the case when it comes to health.
Each day, 21 people die while awaiting a transplant in Europe. With the European Parliament Elections approaching, the European Society for Organ Transplantation presents an actionable roadmap for fair and sustainable transformations in the field over …
The Netherlands has been confronted with a new report showing inequalities in cancer screening between people with high and low incomes. Advocates are calling for public health to be embedded in all types of policies to reduce treatment disparities.
UN’s Simon Stiell uses event in London to warn politicians against downgrading climate policy.
If Ukraine wants to join the EU, it may have to leave its agricultural sector out in the cold.
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When talking about health, we often mention inequalities in Europe. The word usually appears when we’re addressing the workforce crisis, medicine shortages, and mental health strategies.
Sweden is preparing a national strategy to improve healthcare for people with a rare disease. The long-called-for plan will tackle major care inequalities amongst the estimated half a million people in Sweden living with a rare disease.
Vast cancer care inequalities along patient pathways are highlighted in a new report from the Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE). Recent IHE research also shows divergence not only across the European Union, but within each country.
Countries’ insistence on more flexibility sparks row with Parliament.
MEPs Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout received strong support from party members.
Capitalโs increasing dominance in key sector highlights challenge of tackling regional inequalities
The new government in Warsaw has dismissed concerns that President Duda could block reforms.
As currently designed, the EU’s Green Deal could exacerbate social and gender inequalities โ how can public environmental policies improve women’s access to these better paid jobs?
Decades of skewed policy have led to one of Europeโs worst shortages of affordable homes. Now it is being weaponised against refugeesIreland is in a dark place. Riots in Dublin last month exposed to the world the presence of a small, nascent but embold…
Ongoing HIV stigma hampers testing, treatment and prevention. Multilayered impacts necessitate community initiatives and the dismantling of discriminatory laws for effective collaboration, which are essential for achieving HIV elimination goals.
The tax landscape has evolved over the last decade. There has been a perceived lack of trust in large businesses and a concern that globalisation has benefited larger companies rather than the population at large. The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated ineq…
Europe could be the first region worldwide to reach the UNโs goals to end AIDS. Whatโs holding us back?
EU capitals are struggling to respect Europe’s air quality standards and are pushing back against setting stricter rules.
Transformation in COPD care is underway as Speak Up for COPD unites policymakers, healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, NGOs, and pharmaceutical industry to help make COPD a public health priority.
People often think about efforts within a country to reduce inequalities. But what about border regions? They have different rules, different legislations and yet they are very much part of the EU’s cohesion policies. FRANCE 24’s Sophie Samaille and L…
Why we should stop devaluing biosimilar medicines at all costs.
A global minimum tax on billionaires equal to 2% of their wealth could raise close to $250 billion (around โฌ235.6 billion), the EU Tax Observatory estimated in a report released on Monday.
There’s more to the experience of living with HIV than suppressing the virus. Listening, valuing and integrating patient voices in HIV care is critical to leave no one behind.โฏ
An editorial word: The moment of truth for global health action By Amalie Holmgaard Mersh Deep health inequalities between countries were painfully clear when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. While wealthier countries locked down, set up testing facilities a…
Nutritious lunches should be seen as an effective way to address obesity, chronic illness and poverty, says coalitionโItโs about stimulating the childrenโ: how school lunches look across EuropeChildren across Europe must receive at least one nutritious…
Midday meals vary across the continent, but experts agree they are key to tackling childhood obesity and social inequalitiesEuropean children should get one healthy school meal a day, say expertsSome children love it, some children dread it, some child…
The European Union’s rapidly ageing population threatens to undermine the bloc’s competitiveness, exacerbate labour shortages, inflate public budgets and deepen regional inequalities.
Inequalities between the Global North and the South are growing, exacerbated by food insecurity, climate change, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. What has been the EU’s response โ and what are the prospects?
In this edition of our talk show Brussels, my love?, we dive into the complex housing crisis touching most EU countries today and hear about a new media law to protect journalists against interference.
Weโve examined French voting data going back to the revolution โ and it shows the politics of migration is a dead endAcross Europe, from Italy to Hungary through Finland and Greece, the far right is rising in the polls, governments are shifting right a…
The United Nations general assembly liveblog is now closed, but please see the following stories to stay on top of the dayโs news:Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summitWorld inching ever closer to a great fr…
The real cost of severe asthma: Why urgent action is needed to protect patients and reduce the strain on stretched health systems.
A tweet by the rapper Mรฉdine is dividing parties in the hard left-Green Nupes coalition that currently leads in French polls.
The gulf between immigrants and those born in the country is larger than in almost any other developed nation
With Marine Le Pen’s shadow looming large, it will be no easy task healing the rift between French institutions and youth in the banlieues.
The European Commissionโs plan to reshuffle cohesion funds to finance innovative technologies is heightening concerns over the repeated use of the EUโs place-based policy to address new emerging needs and EUโs recentralising tendencies.
If the green transition occurs to the detriment of workers who will be laid off or replaced, if it exacerbates inequalities and poverty, and negatively affects our economies, societies, and social protection systems, it will lose support. It will fail.
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Introduction
On 20 April 2023, Advocate General …
