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“Europeans want to get out of this coronavirus world, out of this fragility, out of this uncertainty. They are ready for a change and they are ready to move on. It is time for Europe to move away from this fragility and move closer to a new vitality.” .
Thus the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her first speech on the state of the Union, in the European Parliament in Brussels. She then announced that the Global Health Summit will be held in Rome in 2021, when the G20 presidency will be Italian.
Von der Leyen then touched on other issues. Starting with wages, speaking of the social economy: “Everyone in the Union must have a minimum wage. They work and the time has come for the work to bear fruit. Still on the coronavirus issue, but with a look at the European healthcare system, the Commission President commented: ‘Europe must continue to protect lives and livelihoods. The pandemic is not losing steam and we know how the numbers may soon get out of our control. He added: “Health workers have worked miracles” and then recalled the EU action that allowed “Romanian doctors to go to help Italian hospitals.”
“It is clear that we need to build a stronger health union and the time has come to do so,” he added. “The EU program for health must be future-proof and that is why I have proposed increasing funding and I hope this Parliament will review the cuts made by the European Council.” Therefore, German policy has called for “a review of health competencies”. This is “an urgent task to be addressed at the Conference on the future of Europe”.
Regarding the environment, Von der Leyen said that the goal is to reduce emissions in Europe by at least 55%: “Our planet is warming.”
