What Véronique spoke about.

Madam President, you are right, Commissioner, contrary to what we hear, antimicrobial resistance is not a silent pandemic. 35,000 deaths per year in the EU and every day in our hospitals, from patients infected with multi-drug resistant bacteria. This scourge painfully illustrates the concept of "One Health" and imposes an ambitious response at all levels of governance: at Member State level, rais

Madam President, Commissioner – dear Stella – we have read this comprehensive strategy well and we are pleased with this very integrative vision of health in all policies, this ambitious proposal and we share it: health no longer as a cost, but as an investment, no longer as a burden, but as an opportunity for Europe. But, then, why reserve it for third countries? Why not apply it to ourselves? Be

Mr President, Commissioner, the triple outbreak of COVID-19, influenza and bronchiolitis is putting pressure on our health systems and creating shortages of essential medicines. But this acute situation occurs against a chronic background of supply tension and we know the main causes: they all have their roots in abnormalities in the development and marketing of the medicinal product within the Un

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us never forget that the proposal to revise the legislation on medical devices was published following the tragedy of PIP breast implants in 2012. Ten years later, we are still discussing the implementation of this legislation. This is not in line with our vision of an ambitious, pragmatic and above all independent Health Europe. Patient safety

Madam President, Commissioner, 33 million people in Europe today suffer from diabetes and 90% of them have type 2 diabetes. It must be made clear: Type 2 diabetes is essentially a disease of poor diet, too rich, too sweet and unbalanced. The key to preventing diabetes is education about healthy eating from an early age and simple, understandable and science-based information for consumers about th

Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, dear Stella, the mental health of European citizens, especially young people, is a major public health issue that has been exposed and aggravated by the pandemic. This is common in all European countries and has been mentioned in the European Care Strategy: we need collective awareness, coordinated prevention actions, support for p

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, less than a week ago, on Monday, in this very Chamber, the European Parliament voted by a very large majority in favour of my report ‘Serious cross-border threats to health’. This is a real health emergency plan: we learned the lessons of the health crisis and decided to build a Europe of health that is supportive, coordinated, independent and sust

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as you said, this legislative proposal and the revision of the EMA and ECDC mandates is a major contribution to the Europe of health that we have been building step by step since the beginning of this mandate. I greet again our negotiating team, dear Esther, Sarah, Margrete, Johanna and Katerina. We defended this regulation in a way that is not

Madam President, Commissioner – dear Stella – ladies and gentlemen – for those of you who have remained – the COVID-19 crisis has shown our extraordinary fragility in terms of health. In 2020, our national health systems were overwhelmed, and this powerlessness first pushed them towards national protection reflexes. We say it: Never again! Soon, the temptations to withdraw into oneself gave way to

Mr President, Commissioner, it is impossible in a minute to pay tribute to carers, who are most often women carers. Impossible in a minute to testify to what we see in our hospitals, like the one where I work: lack of recognition, administrative burden, understaffing. So a minute is just the time to sound the alarm. No progress in care is possible if the interest of patients is lost. No care organ

Mr President, Commissioner, thank you for your efforts, but it is time for the Commission to propose a genuine European strategy for mental health. Several instruments exist and already have a mental health dimension. Occupational Health, Minimum Wage, Child Guarantee, European Social Fund: We have to articulate them. To be more effective, our approach will have to be comprehensive. Mental health

Mr President, Commissioner, dear Nicolas Schmit, yesterday this Parliament largely adopted a report on the European cancer plan. From prevention to reintegration, the European Union will have a broad public health plan. Today, we are providing the first legislative stone by tackling health inequalities, as the risks are not the same depending on the job and the state and will not be the same if th

Madam President, first of all I want to say thank you. Thank you, Commissioner, for accompanying us through all this work. Thank you to all BECA Members - there are still a few in the room - who inspired and supported this work. Thank you to the experts and scientists we heard and listened to. And then, if I may, thank you to my patients, who have inspired me for over 30 years, to those I have tre

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Stella, cancer is an individual and social injustice: cancer affects us all; However, we are totally unequal with the disease. Differences in survival rates can vary by up to 25% across the EU, and this is unacceptable. It is our duty to start reducing these inequalities, supported by the creation of a register of inequalities. It is this priority that has guide

Mr President, I am not going to read what I planned to say about the health crisis. There were many calls this morning for our society to organise itself to fight fake news. Let us start here, where we must invariably denounce the permanent disinformation coming from the extreme right of this Chamber. No, Mr Fitto, it is no better to cure than to prevent. Prevention through vaccination is medicall

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there is no reason why the added value of any medicinal product should be different between two Member States for the same medical situation. However, after their registration by the European Medicines Agency, health products are assessed at the same time, but without convergence, in all 27 EU countries. This lack of consultation generates unnec

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Stella, dear Frédérique, thank you for organising this key debate. Being affected by a rare disease means facing the risk of late diagnosis, difficulties in accessing treatments, clinical trials, and a sense of loss of confidence, uncertainty and isolation. An effective action plan against rare diseases needs to be European because we need this critical mass of

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Stella, Minister, vaccinating the world is a human and medical necessity. It is irresponsible to make false propaganda in front of cameras. Your lies are murderous. We have a beautiful goal. Of course, we must continue to donate through ACT-A and COVAX devices and remove barriers to dose delivery, avoid vaccine losses, increase equipment purchases and focus on e

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Stella, dear Dolors, it was Linea Søgaard-Lidell who led the negotiations on behalf of the Renew Group, but she is unavailable for this plenary. I welcome her and the whole team of rapporteurs for the very good work they have done. Today, as you said, I repeat, together we are laying the foundations for a true Europe of health and medicine. A Europe capable of e

Mr President, Commissioner, dear Stella, our Renew Europe political group is concerned about the evolution of the COVID crisis in Europe. We are working with you on the regulation on serious cross-border threats, but the urgency is now and now. The number of contaminations and the number of patients in hospitals are of concern, but also of concern is the heterogeneity of Member States’ reactions.

Mr President, I should like to thank my colleagues for their strong support on this crucial report for the health of our citizens. Following the votes that have just taken place, I would like to request that the serious cross-border threats to health report be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 59(4).

Madam President, Commissioner, after the scandal of bone cancer among radium workers and then sinus cancer among woodworkers, the first suspicions about asbestos were raised in the early 1900s. It took a century for a European directive to finally ban it. But fifteen years later, too many buildings are still asbestos. As a cancer specialist, I have seen the ravages of asbestos. As rapporteur for E

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Stella, the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is one of the key components of our response to the pandemic and of our European health independence. Its missions are highly anticipated: anticipation, support for innovation, joint purchasing, support for industrial production, prevention of medicine shortages: It's all there. Con

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, disability policy is a marker of the inclusive Europe we want to build, in line with our motto, ‘United in diversity’. Disability policy must be present in all our policies: employment, education, housing, transport, digital and, of course, health. The report we are going to vote on recalls that almost one in four Europeans reports a degree of func

Madam President, following the votes that have just taken place, I would like to request that the serious cross-border threats to health report, as well as the ECDC file, on behalf of Ms Kopcińska, be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 59(4).