Joint letter to the Council: Integrate social and health ambitions into the next EU Strategic Agenda


The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) has signed a joint letter, alongside 19 social and health stakeholder organisations, calling to integrate social and health ambitions into the Council's next EU Strategic Agenda for 2024-2029.
The letter urges the Council “to ensure that the EU Strategic Agenda 2024–2029 keeps social and health ambitions high, as a prerequisite to achieving a ‘strong, dynamic, competitive and cohesive Europe’.” It stresses that “the concurrent challenges of population ageing, climate change, cost-of-living increases, accessibility and affordability of healthcare can only be overcome by giving health and social priorities the attention they deserve” and notes that “addressing social inequalities and affordability of evidence-based healthcare are crucial for promoting cohesion and economic stability” – something that the current draft version of the next Strategic Agenda insufficiently incorporates.
CESI has signed the letter together with :
- ACHSE – Allianz Chronischer Seltener Erkrankungen
- AGE-Platform
- AIEP – European Association of Paritarian Institutions
- AIM – International association of mutual benefit societies
- COFACE Families Europe
- ČAVO – Rare Disease Czech Republic
- DSV-Europa – Deutsche Sozialversicherung Europavertretung
- EAPN – European Anti-Poverty Network
- EFFE-Homecare – European Federation for Family Employment & Home Care
- EFSI – European Federation for Services to Individuals
- EFN – European Federation of Nurses
- EPF – European Patients Forum
- EPHA – European Public Health Alliance
- ESIP – European Social Insurance Platform
- Eurocarers
- Feantsa – European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless
- HCFA – Hellenic Cystic Fibrosis Association
- REIF – Représentation européenne des institutions françaises de sécurité sociale
- RONARD – Romanian National Alliance for Rare Diseases
The full letter is available here.

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Joint letter to the Council: Integrate social and health ambitions into the next EU Strategic Agenda
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