Belgian MEP Hilde Vautmans is calling for billions of Euros of EU funding to be ring-fenced for the fight against dementia. “And we need several hundred million more to make the European Health Data Space truly usable for dementia. For Vautman, a European Dementia Strategy should be based on six pillars. Its explicit goal: to put a national dementia plan at the top of the political agenda. “Clinical and fundamental dementia research in Belgium is at a particularly high level.