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Speaking in the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen noted that, to make this new improved European health policy a reality, the The first step proposed by its executive is “to strengthen and empower the European Medicines Agency and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention”.
“As a second step, we will build a European BARDA, an advanced research agency in the field of biomedicineHe said, referring to US authority on this matter, with the aim of “supporting and strengthening the EU’s capacity and readiness” to respond to cross-border threats and emergencies.
According to Von der Leyen, the Covid-19 crisis also made it clear that Europe needs to “build up strategic reserves to deal with supply chain dependencies, particularly for pharmaceuticals.”
“And as a third step, it is as clear as ever that we must discuss the subject of medical skills. And I think it is an urgent task, and it should be addressed at the conference on the future of Europe, “he continued, referring to the fact that the covid-19 pandemic also demonstrated that Brussels has very limited powers in health matters, an almost exclusive competence of the member states.
Finally, the President of the European Commission affirmed that, given that it is a global crisis, “it is necessary to learn global lessons”, announcing that, together with the Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, and the Italian presidency of the G20 the the next year, plans to organize a “world health summit” in 2021 in Italy.
The European Parliament is today the scene of the speech on the state of the Union, the first delivered by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the first delivered in Brussels, on the occasion of the covid-19, an unavoidable topic of this year.
From fragility to vitality
In her first State of the Union address, the official highlighted that it is time for Europe to “go from fragility to a new vitality”, after the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic.
“It is time for Europe to lead this path, moving from fragility to new vitality and that is what I would like to talk to you about today,” said Ursula von der Leyen, at the beginning of her State of the Union address at the European Parliament, in Brussels.
“I say this because in recent months we have discovered the values that we have in common. […] We show what is possible when we trust each other and in the European institutions ”, added the official.
At a time when Europe is still facing the health and economic consequences of the new coronavirus outbreak, Ursula von der Leyen stressed that the community strategy has been “not only to recover and repair now, but also to share and form a better world for the world of tomorrow “.
“This is the new generation of Europe, it is our opportunity to make things happen, not only by imposition or catastrophe, but by creating opportunities for tomorrow,” he said.
And he assured: “We have a vision, we have plans, we have investment. The time has come to get down to work.”
Ursula von der Leyen began the speech by paying tribute to the health services, which performed “miracles” in the face of a “virus a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand, which showed planetary fragility”.
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