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Joint Statement: Deliver on promises and honour commitments on mental health

On World Mental Health Day 2024, Eurochild joins 32 European organisations to call for substantive actions to shape a Europe where everyone’s mental health thrives across their life course.

President Ursula von der Leyen, in her Political Guidelines 2024-2029, emphasised the urgent need to ‘step up our work on preventive health, in particular for mental health’. She placed a special focus on the mental health of children and young people, especially online, and promised actions to tackle what she calls ‘the greatest challenge in this decade’. 

Eurochild and the other signatories organisations welcome European Commission President’s renewed ambition and call on all stakeholders to work together to translate this ambition into concrete actions. Europe faces a clear choice. To address the concerns of the population or further contribute to persisting challenges. The second option will come with a cost, for our societies, economies, and democracies.

Read the full statement




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