Several EU member states are pressing the European Commission to introduce a broad health services law to protect the sensitive sector from competition, while MEPs are calling for more legal clarity in the whole area of public services.
The EU executive is currently preparing new health services legislation to be unveiled in December.
The initiative is in reaction to several rulings by the European Court of Justice boosting patients' mobility across the bloc - but leaving a legal...
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