A Strong and Inclusive European Health Union
Online event, 1 December, 2020
Start time – 15:00 (Brussels UTC+1)
End time – 17:00 (Brussels UTC+1)
Live online webstreaming: https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/
PROGRAMME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
15:00 - 15:05 Opening and Welcome by Ms. Iratxe García Pérez, MEP and S&D Group President
15:05 - 15:20 Introduction by Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Panel 1 - HOW TO IMPROVE EUROPEAN COORDINATION AND RESPONSE TO THE HEALTH CRISIS
15:20 - 15:25 Opening speech by Ms. Heléne Fritzon, MEP and S&D Group Vice-President
15:25 - 16:00 Panel discussion between Health Ministers:
- Mr. Salvador Illa Roca, Spain
- Mr. Roberto Speranza, Italy
- Ms. Lena Hallengren, Sweden
Moderated by Ms. Jennifer Baker, EU Policy Journalist
Panel 2 - WHAT WE WANT FROM AN EU HEALTH UNION : Discussion based on S&D position paper “a European Health Union - increasing EU competence in health - coping with Covid19 and looking to the future”
16:00 - 16:05 Opening speech by Ms. Jytte Guteland, MEP and S&D ENVI Coordinator
16:05 - 16:40 Panel discussion with:
- Ms. Kaisa Immonen, Director of Policy at the European Patients’ Forum (EPF)
- Mr. Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
- Ms. Marta Branca, Vice-Secretary General of the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM)
- Prof. Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
- Mr. John F. Ryan, Director of Public Health, European Commission
16:40 - 16:50 Q&A Session
16:50 - 17:00 Closing remarks by Ms. Iratxe García Pérez, MEP and S&D Group Chair
Moderated by Ms. Jennifer Baker, EU Policy Journalist
