Speaking to the Parliament, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, highlighted the European Commission achievements of the past year and presented the priorities for the year ahead, including continuing the vaccination efforts in Europe and speeding up vaccination globally, as well as strengthening the pandemic preparedness; leading the digital transformation that will create jobs and drive competitiveness, while ensuring technical excellence and security of supply; ensuring fairer working conditions and better healthcare, and creating more opportunities for Europe\u2019s youth to benefit from the European social market economy.<\/p>\n
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As expected, she stressed in her State of the Union address<\/a><\/strong> the success of the EU\u2019s vaccination program and pointed to the bloc\u2019s achievements in exporting 700 million vaccine doses to 130 countries around the world. She promised to deliver 200 million more doses to low-income countries by the middle of next year.<\/p>\n Equally important for the nurses is the European Health Union<\/a>.<\/strong> The European Commission is building a strong European Health Union, in which all EU countries prepare and respond together to health crises. The EU\u2019s ambition to strengthen Brussels\u2019 health powers is coming on the table. A new EU-wide health preparedness and resilience mission envisages an investment of \u20ac50 billion by 2027. Commissioners Margaritis Schinas, Stella Kyriakides and Thierry Breton explained, at a Press Conference, what and how HERA<\/a> will develop.<\/p>\n When it comes to Women\u2019s rights, <\/strong>VDL pledged to propose a new EU law<\/a> to combat violence against women<\/strong> by the end of the year. The proposal will cover online and offline abuse and was widely welcomed by women\u2019s rights groups. The EFN will work with the European Commission and the European Parliament to provide frontline<\/a> evidence to make this legislation fit-for-purpose.<\/p>\n As regards on climate change, the European Commission presented detailed plans in its Fit for 55 package<\/a> published in July 2021, which will now be taken up by the European Parliament and the Council. The EFN will follow the green deal<\/a> closely and come up with concrete proposals related to nursing and climate change footprint.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speaking to the Parliament, the European Commission President, Ursula von…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16765,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=16765","url_meta":{"origin":13526,"position":0},"title":"State of the Union address 2023","author":"efn efn","date":"September 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As every year, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave\u00a0her State of the Union address, taking stock of the situation on what the European Union has achieved in recent years and outlining flagship initiatives, which the European Commission plans to undertake in the coming year. 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