PHSSR European Union Investing in Health 2025

vi Investing in Health for a Competitive, Secure, and Resilient Europe: A Strategic Call to Action The Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience� Pillar A. Align EU health investments with broader strategic goals. Integrate health into frameworks for competitiveness, digital transformation, and security. Establish EU-level stress tests and benchmarks to track progress and enhance accountability. � Pillar B. Improve fund governance and transparency. Establish an EU Health Investment Hub to support access to funding, particularly at local and rural levels, and to promote knowledge sharing across Member States. This is not about choosing between health and other priorities. It is about recognising that strategic health investments deliver multiplier effects—in employment, digital readiness, crisis response, and long-term productivity. A final word to Europe’s policy and finance leaders The next MFF must reflect the reality that health is central to Europe’s future. Sidelining health would not only waste an opportunity—it would actively undermine strategic EU objectives. The PHSSR EU Expert Advisory Group urges all EU institutions and Member States to: � Prioritise health and place it at the heart of Europe’s strategic investment agenda. � Integrate health policy into frameworks for competitiveness, innovation, defence, and climate readiness. � Secure retained levels and ring-fenced EU health funding with long-term predictability in the next MFF. � Advance smarter, more accountable spending to maximise cross-sector benefits and patient mobility. Health is no longer Europe’s overlooked asset. It is its strategic engine. Now is the time to treat it as such. The PHSSR is a non-profit, global collaboration between academic, non-governmental, life sciences, healthcare, patient, and business organisations. This report has been developed in the context of the PHSSR’s goal to improve global health by building more sustainable and resilient health systems for the future. More information about the PHSSR can be found in the Annexe and at www.phssr.org .