The 2019 Sibiu Summit produced 10 commitments that shaped Europe's institutional agenda through 2024. For health policy, the summit was less a direct driver than a framework — one that COVID-19 subsequently accelerated into a European Health Union few had anticipated.
Health literacy, shared decision-making, and digital access — the EU's evolving framework for patient-centred care has produced significant policy architecture. Whether it translates into genuine empowerment for the 47 percent of Europeans with limited health literacy is a more complicated question.
Finland pioneered it, the EU Council endorsed it, and seven member states are piloting it — but can wellbeing economics genuinely reshape European health policy?
