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2025/2132(INI)

An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy

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Introduced

10 July 2025

Last action

16 September 2026 · Plenary vote

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23 official languages
  • Bulgarian

    Стратегия на ЕС за сърдечносъдовите болести

  • Czech

    Strategie EU pro kardiovaskulární onemocnění

  • Danish

    En EU-strategi for hjerte-kar-sygdomme

  • German

    EU-Strategie für Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen

  • Greek

    Μια στρατηγική της ΕΕ για τις καρδιαγγειακές νόσους

  • Spanish

    Estrategia de la Unión en materia de enfermedades cardiovasculares

  • Estonian

    ELi südame-veresoonkonna haiguste strateegia

  • Finnish

    Sydän- ja verisuonisairauksia koskeva EU:n strategia

  • French

    Stratégie de l'UE en matière de maladies cardiovasculaires

  • Irish

    Straitéis de chuid an Aontais maidir le galair chardashoithíocha

  • Croatian

    Strategija EU-a za kardiovaskularne bolesti

  • Hungarian

    A szív- és érrendszeri betegségekre vonatkozó uniós stratégia

  • Italian

    Una strategia dell'UE in materia di malattie cardiovascolari

  • Lithuanian

    ES širdies ir kraujagyslių ligų strategija

  • Latvian

    ES stratēģija attiecībā uz sirds un asinsvadu slimībām

  • Maltese

    Strateġija tal-UE dwar il-mard kardjovaskulari

  • Dutch

    Een EU-strategie voor hart- en vaatziekten

  • Polish

    Unijna strategia w dziedzinie chorób układu krążenia

  • Portuguese

    Uma estratégia da UE em matéria de doenças cardiovasculares

  • Romanian

    Strategia UE privind bolile cardiovasculare

  • Slovak

    Stratégia EÚ v oblasti kardiovaskulárnych ochorení

  • Slovenian

    Strategija EU o srčno-žilnih boleznih

  • Swedish

    En EU-strategi för hjärt–kärlsjukdomar

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Official report 2025/2132(INI) from European Union at European Parliament. Dated 10 July 2025. Status: RDG1.

Timeline

  1. 10 July 2025

    referral

    Source: REFERRAL

  2. 10 July 2025

    Introduced

    An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy

    Source: INI

  3. 19 January 2026

    committee tabling report

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_REPORT

  4. 24 February 2026

    committee tabling amendment

    Source: COMMITTEE_TABLING_AMENDMENT

  5. 24 June 2026

    committee adopting report

    Source: COMMITTEE_ADOPTING_REPORT

  6. 31 August 2026

    tabling plenary

    Source: TABLING_PLENARY

  7. 16 September 2026

    Plenary vote

    Source: PLENARY_VOTE

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  • REPORT on an EU cardiovascular diseases strategy

    REPORT_PLENARY · EN · 2 September 2026

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  • ENMIENDAS 738 - 1118 - Proyecto de informe Estrategia de la Unión en materia de enfermedades cardiovasculares

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  • POPRAWKI 738 - 1118 - Projekt sprawozdania Unijna strategia w dziedzinie chorób układu krążenia

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  • POZMEŇUJÚCE NÁVRHY 738 - 1118 - Návrh správy o stratégii EÚ v oblasti kardiovaskulárnych ochorení

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  • ALTERAÇÕES 738 - 1118 - Projeto de relatório sobre uma estratégia da UE em matéria de doenças cardiovasculares

    AMENDMENT_LIST · PT · 13 March 2026

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  • ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ 738 - 1118 - Проект на доклад относно стратегия на ЕС за сърдечносъдовите заболявания

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  • MÓDOSÍTÁS 738 - 1118 - Jelentéstervezet a szív- és érrendszeri betegségekre vonatkozó uniós stratégiáról

    AMENDMENT_LIST · HU · 13 March 2026

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  • PREDLOGI SPREMEMB 738 - 1118 - Osnutek poročila o strategiji EU o srčno-žilnih boleznih

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  • ÄNDRINGSFÖRSLAG 738 - 1118 - Förslag till betänkande En EU-strategi för hjärt–kärlsjukdomar

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  • AMANDMANI 738 - 1118 - Nacrt izvješća o strategiji EU-a za kardiovaskularne bolesti

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