The European Parliament’s Public Health Committee has adopted its response to the EU’s first-ever cardiovascular health strategy, backing a stronger focus on prevention, early detection and action against major risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
The report, approved on Wednesday (24 June) by 38 votes to two, with one abstention, responds to the European Commission’s “Safe Hearts Plan”, unveiled in December 2025. It calls for a coordinated EU approach to preventing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and tackling related conditions including diabetes, hypertension, cancer, chronic kidney disease and obesity.
Rapporteur Romana Jerković (S&D, Croatia) described her text as a compromise: “Frankly, I would have personally wished for a more ambitious approach in certain areas, particularly when it comes to tobacco and alcohol,” she said. “But…
