“The EU Is Not Your Mother” | ECPP MEP Ondřej Dostál on Public Health

Europe is facing a serious public health crisis. But is the EU’s response tackling the real causes, or is it just reaching for more regulation and taxes?

ECPP MEP Ondřej Dostál sits down with Márton Gyöngyösi, ECPP Director for Political Relations, to provide an honest evaluation of the EU’s Cardiovascular Health and Beating Cancer Plans, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, and explaining why taxing unhealthy behaviour is not the answer.

Recorded during the 15-18 June plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

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