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16 September 2020 "Fragility and opportunity are the two keywords of the first speech by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the State of the Union which she is giving before the plenary of the European Parliament, in Brussels." Europeans want to get out of this world of coronavirus, from this fragility, out of this uncertainty underlines - They are ready for a change and are ready to move forward.

This is the time for Europe to move away from this fragility and towards a new vitality ". Then he added:" We must build a health union "anticipating that" together with President Giuseppe Conte, on the occasion of the Italian presidency of the G20, I will organize a world summit on health in Italy and this will show Europeans that Europe exists and is ready to protect them ".



Everyone in the EU must have minimum wages.


Speaking also of the social economy, the President of the European Commission pointed out: "Everyone in the

EU must have minimum

wages, including through collective bargaining. They work and the time has come for work repay ".

The truth is that for too many people work does not pay, wage dumping destroys the dignity of work and penalizes entrepreneurs, distorts competition in the internal market, and this situation must be put to an end - continues von der Leyen - The Commission will make a proposal on legislation to support member states and establish a minimum wage framework ".



Support for economies but sustainable budgets


" The Next Generation Eu deal was a historic deal, but now we need to take this opportunity for structural reforms in our economy. " explains Ursula von der Leyen who recalled how the European economy will suffer a decline in GDP of 12% due to the pandemic and reiterated that the European response to support the economies of the 27 was "strong", however, he added, " we need to find a balance between financial support and budget sustainability. "He then adds:" We have a new strategy for Schengen to strengthen the internal market ".

nte also stressed that "it is time to 'seize the moment to make structural reforms, complete the banking and capital market union'.



Reduce emissions by 55% by 2030


To achieve the Green Deal objectives, "we need to lower CO2 emissions in the EU by at least 55%" compared to the previous 40% target, stresses the president of the


European

Commission

.

The German then specified that the new goal is "too much for some and not enough for others". "But our impact analysis shows that if the European Union reaches


this new goal it would be on the right track to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and respect the Paris agreements ".



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