In all European nations, life and health are one of the most important pillars of well-being. Indeed, health is the cultural backbone of our civilisation. Despite being cautious about a high tax burden, EU citizens want more health services of higher quality and they agree that higher health bills should be financed by general taxes […]
Vytenis Andriukaitis is the EU commissioner for Health & Food Safety.
In a world with so much wealth, how is it possible that so many people have little or no access to healthcare?
Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner, tells us about his mother’s story as a refugee.
European Progressives can be proud of this achievement as it reaffirms the European Union’s commitment to further develop the European social.
Some numbers simply speak for themselves: it is estimated that almost 90 million tons of food waste are generated every year in the EU with related costs estimated at 143 billion euros. As European Commissioner in charge of Health and Food safety, I find this simply unacceptable when at the same time 55 million people […]