The CDU-CSU in the Bundestag has called for greater engagement by the European Union (EU) after the United States has left the World Health Organization (WHO). “As the largest contributor to WHO to date, the US has left a great vacuum,” commented the Union’s foreign policy spokesman, Hardt. It is now crucial “that the EU weighs in and that it strengthens its commitment to the WHO and other international organizations.” With the German EU Council Presidency, one could set impulses.