Compte rendu in extenso des débats

Mardi 4 octobre 2022 - Strasbourg

19.1. Menaces transfrontières graves pour la santé (A9-0247/2021 - Véronique Trillet-Lenoir)

Mündliche Erklärungen zur Abstimmung

  Seán Kelly (PPE). – Madam President, I am pleased to support this report from my colleague, Ms Trillet—Lenoir, for a regulation on serious cross-border threats to health. These new measures aim to strengthen public health in the EU when faced with serious challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic unfortunately revealed how the European Union severely lacked the tools to counter a health crisis, and consequently our national health systems faced extremely dark and challenging times. Public health systems across all Member States were overwhelmed and exhausted. The pandemic also showed us the importance of European solidarity and coordination.

The report recommends strengthening operational coordination at European level and the promotion of solidarity in the European Union. I welcome the regulation and I support it.