EU’s regions and cities praise increase in EU health budget

The European Committee of the Regions has warmly welcomed a political agreement, endorsed on 12 November by the European Parliament, that would see the European Union dedicate over €5 billion to its flagship health programme over the next seven years. Creation of the EU4Health programme was announced in May as a direct response to the coronavirus, which has now killed over 200,000 people across the EU’s 27 member states.