[Editorial] Europe cannot get sidetracked from basic health-care needs

On Oct 15 this year, the Patriots for Europe Foundation, a right-wing alliance led by the Hungarian Government, hosted the launch of the Make Europe Healthy Again (MEHA) initiative in the European Parliament. Like Make America Healthy Again, the campaign includes far-right politicians, alternative health practitioners, and anti-vaccine campaigners like Dr Robert Malone and Dr Aseem Malhotra. It should come as no surprise that such an event took place. The erosion of public trust in governing institutions has fuelled support for far-right, populist, anti-democratic, anti-science, and Eurosceptic parties in Europe.