In the draft position for the UCPM:
- Anticipation & vulnerability mapping
- Stronger rescEU
- Response to health emergencies
Next: plenary vote
Co-rapps. @leirepajin.bsky.social & Aurelijus Veryga
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In the draft position for the UCPM:
- Anticipation & vulnerability mapping
- Stronger rescEU
- Response to health emergencies
Next: plenary vote
Co-rapps. @leirepajin.bsky.social & Aurelijus Veryga
2/2
🔥 @envi.europarl.europa.eu & @sant.europarl.europa.eu MEPs adopted their position to the Civil Protection Mechanism (MFF 2028-2034)
🔗https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260928IPR47821/civil-protection-mechanism-improve-preparedness-and-anticipate-crises
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‼ Adopted today in @sant.europarl.europa.eu:
report on improving 🇪🇺 fight against cancer.
MEPs ask for
- dedicated funding
- ambitious prevention policies
- more equal access to screening, diagnosis & treatment
✏️Rapporteur Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
🔗Read more: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
🗳️ @sant.europarl.europa.eu MEPs push for a dedicated EU law addressing rare diseases
- better diagnostics
- equal access to treatments
- investment into R&D
- patient-centred care pathways
✏️Rapp. @nicogcasares.bsky.social
📄More: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
➡️Next: plenary vote
⏰ Ahead of World Heart Day on 29 September, watch the discussion with MEPs & Commissioner Várhelyi from 15:00 CEST 👇
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
More info: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
🗓️Mon 28/09, 17:15 CEST – vote in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
🇪🇺 rare disease action plan – adoption of draft legislative initiative report. Rapporteur @nicogcasares.bsky.social
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️Mon 28/09, 17:00 CEST – vote in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
🇪🇺 Beating Cancer Plan – adoption of draft own-initiative report. Rapporteur Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
🎥 Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️Mon 28/09, 15:30 CEST – public hearing in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
⚕️Healthy lifestyle influence on disease prevention
w/ Salus Europe, @inserm.fr, @cancerleagues.bsky.social & more
🔗Read more: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
🎥 Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️Mon 28/09, 15:00 CEST – debate in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
🫀World Heart Day: presentation of the EU screening week by Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Led by MEP Ignazio Marino
Participants: @stinebosse.bsky.social
@leirepajin.bsky.social
@kostarvanitis.bsky.social
Alessandra Moretti
Michele Picaro
Andras Kulja
Nikos Papandreou
Dimitris Tsiodras
2/2
🇬🇷 @sant.europarl.europa.eu visits Greece this week to discuss key issues in 🇪🇺 health resilience:
- pharma manufacturing, R&D
- biotech
- equal access to treatment
- health workforce shortages
Statement after initial meeting w/Minister Adonis Georgiadis👇
🗳️ Healthcare: the EU needs to tackle worker shortages to avoid a crisis Parliament raises the need for the EU to address healthcare sector staff shortages and inadequate working conditions. Details ⤵️
❤️Just adopted in plenary: @sant.europarl.europa.eu reaction to the EU’s first-ever cardiovascular health plan
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Vote results: 🔼545🔽47↔️75
Rapp. Romana Jerković
⏰ From 09:00 in the plenary:
MEPs, @hadjalahbib.bsky.social & the Irish Council Presidency discuss last summer's heatwaves, wildfires and droughts
Follow it live here 👇
link.europa.eu/BCVn7Q
🗓️Mon 07/09, 17:20 CEST – debate in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
📄@who.int Pandemic Agreement annex on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing #PABS. Progress presented by Americo Beviglia Zampetti (@euatun.bsky.social)
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️Mon 07/09, 17:00 CEST - vote in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
💶 EU general budget 2027 - adoption of budget amendments to @budg.europarl.europa.eu
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
⏰ From 15:00 in @sant.europarl.europa.eu:
Childhood cancer awareness event #GoldSeptember,
with opening remarks by @president.europarl.europa.eu
See details and livestreaming links 👇
🗓️ Wed 2/09, 16.30 CEST
💊Excellence in health science: The AI enabled future of drug discovery
📃Details: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️ Wed 2/09, 15.00 CEST
🎗️Excellence in health science: Childhood cancer awareness #GoldSeptember
Opening remarks by @president.europarl.europa.eu
📃Programme: www.europarl.europa.eu/telastatic/c...
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️Wed 2/09, 11.30 CEST - debates in @sant.europarl.europa.eu
🇪🇺 Cross-border healthcare:
- Presentation of the European Added Value Assessment Report
- Consideration of draft INI report on modernised rules for patients’ rights
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...