"In Europe we must continue to accelerate vaccinations with transparency and safety by increasing production": this is the line that Prime Minister Mario Draghi took in his first EU summit in Porto dedicated to social issues. A position that - according to sources from Palazzo Chigi - has garnered broad consensus from the leaders and which has guided the debate during the preparatory dinner for the first informal summit in the presence of the premier. Draghi's warning - he adds - is also addressed to those countries that still block exports while the EU exports 80% of its production. The heads of state and government gathered at the informal summit in Porto adopted the declaration that emerged from yesterday's Social summit. The full text of the declaration follows: 1.We underline the importance of European unity and solidarity in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. These values have defined the response of European citizens to this crisis and are also at the heart of our common project and our distinctive social model. Europe must be more than ever the continent of social cohesion and prosperity. We reaffirm our commitment to work for a social Europe. 2. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, swift, decisive and global action at EU and national level has protected millions of lives, jobs and businesses. 3. The same spirit of unity and solidarity inspired our historic agreement in July 2020 on the Multiannual Financial Framework and the specific recovery effort within the New Generation Eu.As we accelerate green and digital transitions, this massive European investment and associated reforms will lead the Union and its Member States firmly on the reform path towards a just, sustainable and resilient recovery. A collective, inclusive, timely and cohesive recovery will strengthen Europe's competitiveness, resilience, social dimension and role on the world stage. 4. "We welcome the new EU headline targets on employment, skills and poverty reduction and the revised social scoreboard proposed in the action plan which will help monitor progress towards implementation of the Pillar principles. social, taking into account different national circumstances and part of the policy coordination framework in the context of the European Semester.5. As established by the EU strategic agenda 2019-2024, we are determined to continue to deepen the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights at EU and national level, in compliance with the respective competences and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality . The action plan presented by the Commission on 4 March 2021 provides useful guidelines for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including in the areas of employment, skills, health and social protection. 6. We welcome the new EU headline targets on employment, skills and poverty reduction and the revised social scoreboard proposed in the action plan which will help monitor progress towards implementation of the Social Pillar principles ,taking into account different national circumstances and part of the policy coordination framework in the context of the European Semester 7. As Europe gradually recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the priority will be to move from protection to job creation and improving the quality of work, where small and medium-sized enterprises (including social ones) play a key role. Implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights will be essential to ensure the creation of more and better jobs for all as part of an inclusive recovery. In this respect, legislative and non-relevant work should be carried out at EU and Member State level. 8. We will put education and skills at the heart of our political action.Green and digital transitions will bring enormous opportunities for European citizens but also many challenges, which will require greater investment in education, vocational training, lifelong learning, retraining and retraining, in order to stimulate employment transitions towards sectors where there is a growing demand. of work. At the same time, changes related to digitalization, artificial intelligence, smart working and the platform economy will require special attention in order to strengthen workers' rights, social security systems and occupational health and safety. . 9. We are committed to reducing inequalities, defending fair wages, combating social exclusion and tackling poverty, assumingobjective of combating child poverty and addressing the risks of exclusion for particularly vulnerable social groups such as the long-term unemployed, the elderly, people with disabilities and the homeless. 10. We will intensify efforts to combat discrimination and actively work to close gender gaps in employment, pay and pensions and to promote equality and equity for everyone in our society, in line with the fundamental principles of European Union and the European Pillar of Social Rights. 11. We will prioritize actions to support young people, who have been hit very hard by the Covid-19 crisis, which has profoundly disrupted their participation in the labor market, as well as their education and training plans.Young people are an indispensable source of dynamism, talent and creativity for Europe. We need to make sure they become the driving force behind green and inclusive digital recovery to help build the Europe of the future, including using the full potential of Erasmus + to promote mobility across Europe for all students and apprentices. 12. We underline the importance of closely monitoring, including at the highest level, the progress made towards the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the EU headline goals for 2030. 13. We welcome, as another success of the European Social Dialogue, that the European social partners have put forward a joint proposal for an alternative set of indicators to measure economic, social and environmental progress,integrating GDP as a measure of well-being for inclusive and sustainable growth. The president of the EU commission von der Leyen: contract for 900 million doses BioNTech / Pfizer "I am happy to announce that the EU commission has just approved a contract for 900 million doses guaranteed with the option for another 900 million with BioNTech / Pfizer for the 2021-2023. Other contracts and other vaccine technologies will follow ". Thus the president of the EU commission Ursula von der Leyen on Twitter. EU Council President Michel: "Progress in Europe for vaccine production" Speaking outside the Palacio de Cristal, where EU leaders meet as part of the Social Summit in Porto, Portugal, European Council President Charles Michel said that the EU is "making progress"in the production and distribution of anti-Covid vaccines. "Yesterday afternoon we had the opportunity to address the Covid-19 issue again and there are three important points. The first: we are making progress in Europe in terms of vaccine production and vaccine distribution. A second important point is that yesterday we have discussed the issue of the green certificate and decided that on 25 May, at the next European Council, we will return to the issue to make sure we can encourage all efforts to find a common agreement on this important issue. The third point is international solidarity, we are totally committed to Covax, "he said in a press point, referring to the international program that aims to achieve equal access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.The President of the EU Parliament Sassoli: "Bridging inequalities" "Our citizens expect a lot from the recovery we are preparing. They expect it to have a strong social imprint, with the aim of bridging inequalities, of relaunching quality work , to accompany everyone in the great transition that awaits us ". This was stated by the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, speaking at the informal European Council in Porto. "The growth in inequality created by the Covid-19 crisis - he stresses - threatens to leave a legacy of poverty and social and economic instability that would be devastating. Covid-19 has highlighted pre-pandemic inequalities more vividly than we could to imagine.It has dramatically exposed the disparities in our ability to address the fragility of livelihoods, our children's education systems and health systems. It would be deceptive to think that the social fracture lines, widened by the pandemic, can heal quickly and that the economy and society can therefore return to pre-pandemic normality ". For Sassoli" it is above all in times of crisis that the European project must demonstrate that it is a project for the good of all, protecting people, supporting businesses, investing in equality, social progress and economic well-being. Meeting the needs of European citizens for assistance, work, dignity, security and prosperity for their future is the heart of this project ".The Recovery plan is an agreement to be "proud of" and "also contains an indispensable social dimension". "With the European Recovery Plan, Europe is giving itself the means to tackle structural problems and move further towards a social Europe. Social dialogue and the commitment of social actors will be essential to achieve this goal". "We must continue to give life, after this summit - he said - to the necessary social ambition that must be at the heart of the European recovery strategy. For this reason, on behalf of the European Parliament, I would like to invite the Council of the European Union and the European Commission to renew and strengthen our common commitment to a sustainable European Union,fair and inclusive in particular to concretely implement the principles and rights contained in the European Pillar of Social Rights. For this reason, and as underlined in our resolution on a strong social Europe for just transitions, we must immediately define a strong political agenda with clear, ambitious and achievable objectives and with clear indicators of social sustainability "." This important summit must be not a point of arrival, but a starting point to open this process that leads to the implementation of the renewed social agenda that we are agreeing together here. This process is essential to ensure citizens' security, social protection and prosperity in the Union and to address the emerging challenges that Europe is facing: growing inequalities between generations,workers, regions and Member States; territorial disparities and unequal access to basic social and health services, jobs and business opportunities and social infrastructure. The time has come to take stock of the lessons learned from the pandemic and to build resilient and prosperous societies into the future. Parliament believes that we have the legislation, we have the financial means, we now need real political will and the commitment of all responsible authorities to make social rights a reality for all people in the EU ".The time has come to take stock of the lessons learned from the pandemic and to build resilient and prosperous societies into the future. Parliament believes that we have the legislation, we have the financial means, we now need real political will and the commitment of all responsible authorities to make social rights a reality for all people in the EU ".The time has come to take stock of the lessons learned from the pandemic and to build resilient and prosperous societies into the future. Parliament believes that we have the legislation, we have the financial means, we now need real political will and the commitment of all responsible authorities to make social rights a reality for all people in the EU ".
EU summit in Porto, Draghi: "Italy and Europe are not as they should be"
The speech by Prime Minister Draghi at the EU Social Summit in Porto
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08 May 2021 "In Europe we must continue to accelerate vaccinations with transparency and safety by increasing production": this is the line that Prime Minister Mario Draghi took in his first EU summit in Porto dedicated to social issues. A position that - according to sources from Palazzo Chigi - has garnered broad consensus from the leaders and which has guided the debate during the preparatory dinner for the first informal summit in the presence of the premier. Draghi's warning - he adds - is also addressed to those countries that still block exports while the EU exports 80% of its production.
The heads of state and government gathered at the informal summit in Porto adopted the declaration that emerged from yesterday's Social summit.
The full text of the declaration follows:
1.
We underline the importance of European unity and solidarity in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. These values have defined the response of European citizens to this crisis and are also at the heart of our common project and our distinctive social model. Europe must be more than ever the continent of social cohesion and prosperity. We reaffirm our commitment to work for a social Europe.
2.
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, swift, decisive and global action at EU and national level has protected millions of lives, jobs and businesses.
3.
The same spirit of unity and solidarity inspired our historic agreement in July 2020 on the Multiannual Financial Framework and the specific recovery effort within the New Generation Eu. As we accelerate green and digital transitions, this massive European investment and associated reforms will lead the Union and its Member States firmly on the reform path towards a just, sustainable and resilient recovery. A collective, inclusive, timely and cohesive recovery will strengthen Europe's competitiveness, resilience, social dimension and role on the world stage.
4.
"We welcome the new EU headline targets on employment, skills and poverty reduction and the revised social scoreboard proposed in the action plan which will help monitor progress towards implementation of the Social Pillar principles, taking into account different national circumstances and part of the policy coordination framework in the context of the European Semester
.
As established by the EU strategic agenda 2019-2024, we are determined to continue to deepen the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights at EU and national level, in compliance with the respective competences and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. The action plan presented by the Commission on 4 March 2021 provides useful guidelines for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including in the areas of employment, skills, health and social protection.
6.
We welcome the new EU headline targets on employment, skills and poverty reduction and the revised social scoreboard proposed in the action plan which will help monitor progress towards implementation of the Social Pillar principles, taking into account taking into account different national circumstances and part of the policy coordination framework in the context of the European Semester
7.
As Europe gradually recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the priority will be to move from protection to job creation and improving the quality of work, where small and medium-sized enterprises (including social ones) play a key role. . Implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights will be essential to ensure the creation of more and better jobs for all as part of an inclusive recovery. In this respect, legislative and non-relevant work should be carried out at EU and Member State level.
8.
We will put education and skills at the center of our political action. Green and digital transitions will bring enormous opportunities for European citizens but also many challenges, which will require greater investment in education, vocational training, lifelong learning, retraining and retraining, in order to stimulate employment transitions towards sectors where there is growing demand of work. At the same time, changes related to digitalization, artificial intelligence, smart working and the platform economy will require special attention in order to strengthen workers' rights, social security systems and occupational health and safety. .
9.
We are committed to reducing inequalities, defending fair wages, combating social exclusion and tackling poverty, taking on the goal of fighting child poverty and addressing the risks of exclusion for particularly vulnerable social groups such as the unemployed. of
long duration, the elderly, people with disabilities and the homeless. 10. We will intensify efforts to combat discrimination and actively work to close gender gaps in employment, pay and pensions and to promote equality and equity for everyone in our society, in line with the fundamental principles of European Union and the European Pillar of Social Rights.
11.
We will prioritize actions to support young people, who have been hit very hard by the Covid-19 crisis, which has profoundly disrupted their participation in the labor market, as well as their education and training plans. Young people are an indispensable source of dynamism, talent and creativity for Europe. We need to make sure they become the driving force behind green and inclusive digital recovery to help build the Europe of the future, including using the full potential of Erasmus + to promote mobility across Europe for all students and apprentices.
12.
We underline the importance of closely monitoring, including at the highest level, the progress made towards the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the EU headline goals for 2030.
13.
We welcome, as another success of the dialogue European social partners, that the European social partners have put forward a joint proposal for an alternative set of indicators to measure economic, social and environmental progress, integrating GDP as a measure of well-being for inclusive and sustainable growth.
The president of the EU commission von der Leyen: contract for 900 million BioNTech / Pfizer doses
"I am happy to announce that the EU commission has just approved a contract for 900 million doses guaranteed with the option for another 900 million with BioNTech / Pfizer for 2021-2023. Other contracts and other vaccine technologies will follow." Thus the president of the EU commission Ursula von der Leyen on Twitter.
EU Council President Michel: "Progress in Europe for vaccine production"
Speaking outside the Palacio de Cristal, where EU leaders meet as part of the Social Summit in Porto, Portugal, European Council President Charles Michel said the EU is "making progress" in the production and distribution of anti-vaccines. Covid. "Yesterday afternoon we had the opportunity to address the Covid-19 issue again and there are three important points. The first: we are making progress in Europe in terms of vaccine production and vaccine distribution. A second important point is that yesterday we have discussed the issue of the green certificate and decided that on 25 May, at the next European Council, we will return to the issue to make sure that we can encourage all efforts to find a common agreement on this important issue.The third point is international solidarity, we are fully committed to Covax, "he said in a press point, referring to the international program that aims to achieve equal access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
The President of the EU Parliament Sassoli: "Bridging inequalities"
"Our citizens expect a lot from the recovery we are preparing. They expect it to have a strong social imprint, with the aim of bridging inequalities, of relaunching quality work , to accompany everyone in the great transition that awaits us ". This was stated by the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, speaking at the informal European Council in Porto.
"The growth in inequality created by the Covid-19 crisis - he stresses - threatens to leave a legacy of poverty and social and economic instability that would be devastating. Covid-19 has highlighted pre-pandemic inequalities more vividly than we could It has dramatically exposed the disparities in our ability to address the fragility of livelihoods, our children's education systems and health systems. It would be misleading to think that the social rift lines, widened by the pandemic, could heal quickly and that the economy and society can then return to pre-pandemic normality ".
For Sassoli "it is especially in times of crisis that the European project must demonstrate that it is a project for the good of all, protecting people, supporting businesses, investing in equality, social progress and economic well-being. European citizens of assistance, work, dignity, security and prosperity for their future is the heart of this project ". The Recovery plan is an agreement to be "proud of" and "also contains an indispensable social dimension". "With the European Recovery Plan, Europe is giving itself the means to tackle structural problems and move further towards a social Europe. Social dialogue and the commitment of social actors will be essential to achieve this goal".
"We must continue to give life, after this summit - he said - to the necessary social ambition that must be at the heart of the European recovery strategy. For this reason, on behalf of the European Parliament, I would like to invite the Council of the European Union and the European Commission to renew and strengthen our common commitment to a sustainable, equitable and inclusive European Union in particular to give concrete effect to the principles and rights contained in the European Pillar of Social Rights. For this, and as underlined in our resolution on a 'Strong social Europe for just transitions, we must immediately define a strong political agenda with clear, ambitious and achievable objectives and with clear indicators of social sustainability ".
"This important summit must not be a point of arrival, but a starting point to open this process that leads to the implementation of the renewed social agenda that we are agreeing together here. This process is essential to guarantee citizens security, social protection and prosperity in the Union and addressing the emerging challenges that Europe is facing: growing inequalities between generations, workers, regions and Member States; territorial disparities and unequal access to key social and health services, jobs and business opportunities and social infrastructure. The time has come to take stock of the lessons learned from the pandemic and to build resilient and prosperous societies in the future. Parliament believes we have the legislation, we have the financial means,we now need real political will and the commitment of all responsible authorities to make social rights a reality for all people in the EU ".
