The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived at the plenary in Strasbourg for the State of the Union address.
In the annual debate on the State of the Union, the President of the Commission is called upon to present the Commission’s work over the past year and its program for the future. At the end of the speech, which will last about an hour, the deputies will have to assess whether the same community executive has kept faith with the commitments made at the time of the investiture and those indicated to get out of the health, economic and social crisis caused by the Covid pandemic- 19.
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The EU acted united on the pandemic
“If I reflect on the past year and on the State of the Union, I see a strong soul in everything we do”. This was stated by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen opening her State of the Union address to the EU Parliament. “In the main world health crisis we have joined together to ensure that all corners of Europe have lifesaving vaccines and we have proceeded with the Next generation Eu and the Green deal – he added -. We acted as a united Europe and we can be proud of this ».
EU world leader in vaccinations
«We are leaders in the world on vaccines. Over 79% of our population is vaccinated. We were the only ones to have shared more than half of our vaccines with the rest of the world, with over 700 million ».
New health mission: 50 billion by 2027
After recalling the results obtained, the president of the European Commission added: “I propose a new health preparedness mission that should be supported by a Team Eurpeo investment of 50 billion euros by 2027 to ensure that no virus transforms a local epidemic into a worldwide pandemic ”.