Final statement by Alexis Goosdeel, Executive Director of the EUDA at the end of his 10-year mandate - Europe and drugs — changes, challenges and future perspectives
Final statement by Alexis Goosdeel, Executive Director of the EUDA at the end of his 10-year mandate - Europe and drugs — changes, challenges and future perspectives
As I conclude my 10-year mandate as Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), I would like to offer a personal reflection on a decade marked by profound transformation. These years have been shaped by crises and uncertainty: major terrorist attacks in Europe, the migration emergency, instability in neighbouring regions, Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, the war in Ukraine and other new geopolitical tensions. Each of these events has affected public health, security and social cohesion. Against this backdrop, the drug phenomenon in Europe has evolved at a pace and scale unseen in my 35 years of working in this field. (EUDA, Lissabon, Message from the Executive Director No 1/2025, 12.12.2025)
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