The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on September 29, 2005
The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(6):557-558; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki173
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European health policy: where now?
Martin McKee** London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Correspondence: Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK e-mail: martin.mckee@lshtm.ac.uk
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The rejection of the proposed European constitution by voters in two of the original six member states, France and The Netherlands, has brought to the surface a wide range of concerns about the future direction of Europe. These include, among many others, Europe's ability to speak with one voice in a world increasingly dominated by the United States; the scope of any future enlargement of the European Union, in particular the possible accession of Turkey; how best to enhance Europe's global competitiveness while not undermining its social protection systems; and how to spend the European