As the current European legislature comes to an end, it is time to reflect on the achievements of the past term. These shall enable the European institutions to build an environment that set a Social and Health components high in the EU priorities for the five years to come. The ambitious Spanish and Belgian presidency of the European Council gave the Member States a momentum to move towards this dynamic. Therefore, 20 Social and Health stakeholders came together to call in a joint-letter the EU leaders and EU Member States to keep these topics high in the EU agenda as we, the 20 co-signatories think that it should be "a prerequisite to achieving a “strong, dynamic, competitive and cohesive Europe".

ESIP 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
• CESI - European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions
• 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

Check out the joint-letter Integrating Social and Health ambitions into the next EU Strategic Agenda 2024-2029