Belgium has managed to complete some files, set the wheels in motion for others, and build a solid foundation for the future.
That the Belgian Presidency of the EU had such a strong programme on health, is in no small part down to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Frank Vandenbroucke.
In an op-ed for Euractiv he laid out the connections between European and national health policy, “Europe must step in to avoid implosion of parts of our national health systems. This is not done by replacing national policies but by creating a supportive ‘holding environment’: that is what a true European Health…
