47 Amendments of Carlos ZORRINHO related to 2023/2075(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. having regard to Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which states, in part, that the Union must take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission of 30 June 2017 on ‘The new European consensus on development’,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (2023/2010 (INI)),
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. having regard to the report of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendation for the future (2022/2076 (INI)),
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A e (new)
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development on Policy Coherence for Development (2021/2164(INI)),
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A f (new)
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development on the role of development policy in the response to biodiversity loss in developing countries, in the context of the achievement of the 2030 Agenda (2020/2274 (INI)),
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A g (new)
Recital -A g (new)
-Ag. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development on the Ebola crisis: the long-term lessons and how to strengthen health systems in developing countries to prevent future crises (2014/2204 (INI)),
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A h (new)
Recital -A h (new)
-Ah. having regard to the Motion for a Resolution of the Committee on Development on accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 (2021/2604(RSP)),
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A i (new)
Recital -A i (new)
-Ai. having regard to the Opinion of the Committee on Development on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/2115,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A j (new)
Recital -A j (new)
-Aj. having regard to the Opinion of the Committee on Development on the objective of ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (2022/2183 (INI)),
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A k (new)
Recital -A k (new)
-Ak. having regard to the proposal for a regulation of 22 June 2022 on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (COM(2022)0305),
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A l (new)
Recital -A l (new)
-Al. having regard to the Commission Communication of 30 November 2022 entitled ‘EU Global Health Strategy, Better Health for All in a Changing World’ (COM(2022)675),
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A m (new)
Recital -A m (new)
-Am. having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ (COM(2020)0381),
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A n (new)
Recital -A n (new)
-An. having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A o (new)
Recital -A o (new)
-Ao. having regard to the UN resolution "Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases" (A/RES/68/300), 17 July 2014,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A p (new)
Recital -A p (new)
-Ap. having regard to the WHO Global Action Plan 2013-2020 that has been extended to 2030 (resolution WHA66.10), 27 May 2013,
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A q (new)
Recital -A q (new)
-Aq. having regard to the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) (A/RES/66/2), 24 January 2012,
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A r (new)
Recital -A r (new)
-Ar. having regard to the 2023 WHO report “A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 conditions in children and adolescents by expert consensus”, 16 February 2023,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A s (new)
Recital -A s (new)
-As. having regard to the 2021 WHO report “A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 conditions by a Delphi consensus”, 6 October 2021,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A t (new)
Recital -A t (new)
-At. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, of 30 December 2021 entitled ‘Seeds, right to life and farmers’ rights’ (A/HRC/49/43)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A u (new)
Recital -A u (new)
-Au. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, of 24 December 2020 entitled ‘Right to food’ (A/HRC/46/33),
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A v (new)
Recital -A v (new)
-Av. having regard to the UN resolution of 28 September 2018 on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (A/HRC/RES/39/12),
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A w (new)
Recital -A w (new)
-Aw. having regard to the UN resolution of 2 October 2007 on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295),
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-communicable diseases, or chronic diseases, are the cause of death of 41 million people every year and account for 74 % of all deaths globally; whereas people in the Global South are disproportionally affected, and according to World Health Organization estimates, 77 % of all premature deaths from non-communicable diseases occur in low- and middle-income countries; whereas NCDs are often linked to chronic illness-related disability;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a fundamental human right which is in line with the provisions of Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas this right is being denied to over a fifth of the world's population;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union calls for a high level of human health protection in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the Global Goals for Sustainable Development comprise combatting poverty, including the access to basic human needs of health, zero hunger, including establishing sustainable food production and good health and wellbeing, including better and more accessible health systems to increase life-expectancy;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas SDG 3 calls for ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages; whereas target 3.4, which is interlinked with SDGs beyond SDG 3, aims for a 30% reduction in premature mortality from the four major NCDs clusters: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas NCDs are not only linked to excess mortality, but also to suffering from morbidity, chronic illness-related disability and increased socio-economic burdens on individuals and families, including poverty from long-term treatment and care costs, loss of productivity that considerably threatens household income and impairs national economies, making non-communicable diseases a contributing factor to poverty and hunger;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas therefore in the age of pandemics, global health security does not only has to take the immediate threat of infectious disease into account, but also to deal with chronic long-term suffering as a consequence thereof, in particular PAIS, whereas interactions between communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are complex and often mediated by shared risk factors; whereas the co-existence of NCDs and communicable diseases lead to increased morbidity, in particular in lower- and middle income countries;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas although upcoming pandemics are likely to be followed by PAIS, the EU Global Health Strategy of 2022 neither addresses Long Covid nor PAIS in general; whereas PAIS cannot count for “rare diseases” due to their overall prevalence of ME/CFS alone and certainly not since the high prevalence of Long Covid;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas in general, next to infections and behavioural risk factors interlinked with socio-economic factors, such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and tobacco use, environmental risks also contribute to developing NCDs; whereas the One Health approach recognises that health, environment, climate protection, biodiversity, food security and nutrition are closely interlinked; whereas One Health needs to become a central determinant in the prevention of health risks and in combatting them;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Is deeply concerned about the high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as cause for excess mortality and morbidity; underlines that NCDs do not get adequate attention globally and lead to particular dire consequence in low- and middle-income countries; underlines that health in general and global health security need more political attention and financial support with a special focus on NCDs, certainly as more pandemics with post-infectious chronic illnesses can be expected;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NotEmphasises the surge in post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS) following COVID-19 infections; recall, that are in this case also called Long Covid; notes that PAIS also occur following other bacterial, viral and parasitic infections, including, amongst others, mononucleosis, Lyme disease, Ebola, polio and, influenza; recallunderlines that the pathogenesis of PAIS is linked to myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS),; in the context ofs concerned that despite 65 million people suffering from long COVID to date, as well asnd despite reinfection pressure and upcoming pandemics; is concerned that the, the 2022 global health strategy neither addresses neither the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 nor PAIS in general; calls for the EU, with a view to lessons learned from the pandemic, to make PAIS a priority and to develop an EU strategy for PAIS, comparable to Europe’s beating cancer plan and the EU strategy on mental health, and to extend the PAIS strategy to global health security, including in the implementation of the global health strategy;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls the high prevalence of PAIS in countries of the Global South; calls for supporting cooperation partnerships on pharmaceutical research and innovation and the creation of networks to exchange data and research results on PAIS and for supporting the development of medication for all PAIS; welcomes long-term partnerships such as between the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) and calls for Team Europe to enable these partnerships also for NCDs and in particular PAIS through Global Gateway initiatives;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Welcomes the Commission’s 2022 Global Health Strategy “Better Health for all in a Changing World”, highlighting in particular Guiding Principle 2 that addresses a comprehensive approach, including equitable access to health services, disease prevention, affordable quality treatment and rehabilitation and palliative care to fight communicable and non-communicable diseases;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Highlights that the Global Health Strategy follows a human-rights based approach with attention to the needs and rights of women, children and young people, persons with disabilities in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as to access to health by other vulnerable groups such as LGBTIQ people, older people, migrants, refugees and internally displaced people, also in the context of natural or man-made disasters and the impacts of climate change; calls for implementing this human-rights based approach including addressing NCDs and the so far neglected post-infectious syndromes;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Considers strengthening health systems and advancing universal health coverage in an equitable way that ensures financial risk protection and access to quality essential healthcare services and safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines, as outlined in the Global Health Strategy, of utmost importance; is concerned about development banks investing in for-profit hospitals in the Global South and calls on Team Europe to develop safeguards that ensures equitable access to healthcare in cases where EU development funds are involved; underlines that support to primary healthcare in order to ensure the management of non-communicable diseases is not sufficient, but given the high prevalence of NCDs, more awareness, training of medical personal, and a greater share of development assistance has to be dedicated to NCDs;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Underlines the impact of the living environment on health and on the prevention of non-communicable diseases; urges Team Europe to take the One Health approach in health programming and action into account, including in intersectional fields such as biodiversity, agriculture and a healthy living environment;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. With view to preventing NCDs, such as malnutrition, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cancers, immunological conditions, parkinson diease, fetal malformation and others, highlights the basic requirement of food security and a healthy nutrition variety on the one hand, linked to the right to food and to the right of small-scale farmers to access land and the right to seeds as pointed out in the light of UN Report A/HRC/49/43, and reminds in this regard of the value of agroecology and the decrease of the overall use of chemical pesticides for a healthy living environment, including water and soil on the other; underlines furthermore, that biodiversity and intact ecosystems are the best prevention of zoonoses; condems in this regard EU’s double standards on pesticides, which enable the export from the EU of hazardous substances which are themselves banned in the EU and calls on the Commission to ensure reciprocity in international trade agreements, particularly in relation to agriculture and agricultural products, and to lead by example by ensuring that hazardous pesticides banned in the EU are not exported to partner countries, preventing residues of banned pesticides from being tolerated in food on the EU market and strengthening the enforcement mechanism of the TSD chapters;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2i. Recalls in this regard the principle of policy coherence for development (PCD) enshrined in Article 208 TFEU, according to which ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’, and the importance of ensuring coherence between all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of development cooperation for the benefit of developing countries and to increase the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to food autonomy and to a healthy living environment with intact ecosystems, also under the aspect of preventing non-communicable diseases;