{"id":10144,"date":"2018-05-07T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2018-05-07T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T10:21:11","slug":"health-needs-to-be-a-priority-in-eu-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=10144","title":{"rendered":"Health needs to be a priority in the EU budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With its proposal for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/sites\/beta-political\/files\/communication-modern-budget-may_2018_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-term EU budget<\/a>, the European Commission outlined a \u20ac100 billion budget for its new research programme, running between 2021 and 2027. The figure announced by the Commission includes, among other, \u20ac97.6 billion for Horizon Europe, the new EU\u2019s flagship research programme. With this framework, the aim of the Commission is to continue to promote research excellence and strengthen the focus on innovation. In parallel, the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal includes a reorganisation of some health-promotion activities. Namely, the EU Commission \u20ac420 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.be\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwis3duXo_PaAhXJKsAKHS6fBtUQFjAAegQIABAt&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Fhealth%2Ffunding%2Fprogramme_en&amp;usg=AOvVaw0nkz4vcLroewcBfxqOI1Sw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Programme<\/a> will be consolidated with several other programmes into an enlarged European Social Fund, aimed at improving society overall.<\/p>\n<p>The EFN calls on the Commission and the Parliament to ensure that the EU commitment towards promoting accessible healthcare for EU citizens remains a key priority for the EU. Frontline and end-users needs to be properly engaged and supported to deliver positive health outcomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its proposal for the long-term EU budget, the European&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1132,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=1132","url_meta":{"origin":10144,"position":0},"title":"EU Proposal on Future Health for Growth Programme 2014-2020","author":"efn efn","date":"November 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"European Commission Proposal on Future Health for Growth Programme 2014-2020 On November 9 2011, Commissioner John Dalli presented the\u00a0health priorities for 2014-2020. 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