Too often, policymakers say what they ❌ 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 do. It’s time to focus on what they ✅ 𝘤𝘢𝘯 do. At yesterday’s European Environment Agency #EuropesEnvironment2025 event, a senior Commission official argued the EU cannot tell people to change their lifestyles. Fair enough. But what people want is for the EU to make healthier, more sustainable choices the 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 choices. Take food. The EU can: 🥗 Enable local authorities to #BuyBetterFood for schools, hospitals, and canteens — healthy, local & seasonal meals, with farmers paid a fair price 🚫 Protect children from relentless junk food advertising 💶 End subsidies that promote unhealthy diets 🔄 Align food policies so they support — not block — the shift to healthier, sustainable diets. 𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 EAT–The Lancet Group 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 ‘𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁.’ 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝗱𝗼 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄.