The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) released the position paper addressing the EUPHA Health Literacy Section response in context of the consultation process of the European Commission to the European Democracy Shield initiative. Together with the Section members and the HLS steering group and the EUPHA office team, vice president Catherine Lynne Jenkins and president Orkan Okan have prepared an outline how to utilize health literacy for the benefit of European societies and to actively promote and flourish democracy, including ten key recommendations for action. You can access the position paper here.