Taking into account that the EU budget for health is in the order of €4 billion (after the reduction of €1 billion applied at the beginning of 2024) and that the cost of mental health problems is equivalent to more than €600 billion per year (more than 4% of EU GDP), it seems to make sense to allocate a figure related to that cancelling cost (and that would seem to be higher than the €10 million already allocated to support the promotion of mental health in communities, with an emphasis on vulnerable groups such as children, young people and migrant or refugee populations). Just to emphasize that the costs considered include direct (e.g. medical services, hospitalizations, medicines, ...) and indirect (e.g. loss of productivity, disability, early retirement, ...) expenses. These costs are distributed in several different groups, among which I highlight: 1) Patients with severe mental disorders, with very variable costs depending on the severity. 2) People with dementia, with the highest cost per person. 3) Patients with depression, which accounts for 44% of total spending on mental illness. 4) Persons excluded from the labour market, who add indirect costs (e.g. low productivity, exclusion from the labour market due to mental disorders, etc.). 5) Patients with common mental disorders (depression, anxiety and somatizations). With the aggravation that mental problems are observed at younger and younger ages.