18 Amendments of Mathilde ANDROUËT related to 2021/2100(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to ringfence the budget for healthcare systems and their destination, namely the health of nationals and Europeans alone;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU instruments aimed at compensating for some of these problems are mostly limited tomust remain ‘soft’ law;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas public health policies are not an EU competence and must not become one;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas previous analyses have shown that strengthening cohesion policy is necessary in order to reduce disparities between the standards of healthcare provision in the EUsupport the construction and maintenance of health infrastructures and to train caregivers;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the pandemic and the governments’ lack of preparation have significantly undermined hospital systems and caregivers; whereas the health restrictions and vaccine requirements for caregivers are infringements of fundamental freedoms; whereas medical secrecy must be preserved in all situations;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that certain less- developed regions are a long way from uniformly matching the standards of healthcare provision available in more developed parts of the EU, and that convergence in this sense is unlikely to be achieved without help at EU level, particularly through itsthe cohesion policy;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that, when defining healthcare policies at regional and national level, there should be a willingness to overcome silo approaches between health, social and economic policies, with the goal of improving dialogue, synergies and planned investments from the structural funds and other relevant EU programmes, which are able to cater for citizens’ unmet health and social needenhance the quality of care and prevent any future health restrictions;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of continuing to build a comprehensive health infrastructure and to reducereducing the existing disparities to the greatest possible extent; recalls that cohesion policy can make a significant contribution to the building of health infrastructure in every part of the EU, especially in the less- developed regions, in order to create resilient healthcare systems throughout the entire EU, which can respond to current and future challenges;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the use of cohesion policy funds for the development of specialised centres of excellence for specific diseases across the EU, which would also cover its neighbouring countries and contribute to cross-border healthcare cooperationcontribute to better knowledge in the field of healthcare; reiterates, in this context, the need to use all existing EU instruments, such as EU4Health and Horizon Europe, in synergy, in order to support the development of a network of such centres, equitably distributed across the entire territory of the EU;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that citizens in rural areas and the outermost regions often encounter barriers to equality of access to healthcare that limit their ability to obtain the care they need, especially in the form of basic health infrastructure; stresses that, in order for them to acquire sufficient access, as well as the appropriate healthcare which they need, services must be available and obtainable in a timely manner, in accordance with the principle of territorial continuity, based on the need to redress the structural imbalances brought about by their remoteness and insularity;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for bold cohesion policy measures, in accordance with the legal provisions in force in the EU, in order to combat the phenomenon of medical deserts, attempt to mitigate the lack of healthcare workers in rural areas, and aimed at motivating themmotivate those workers to commence or resume practice there;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that the COVID-19 crisis has shown the need to step up investments to reinforce healthcare systems’ preparedness, responsiveness and resilience, while ensuring cross-border cooperation across the EU, and that therefore solidarity, sustainability and equityinternational cooperation, and that therefore national solidarities are key to overcoming this crisis and its devastating socio-economic consequences;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 163 #
20a. Stresses that the causes of various illnesses, especially COVID-19, should be researched and analysed in accordance with Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that Union action ‘shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes’;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the CommissionMember States to encourage better management of cross- border healthcare, as EU patients still face challenges in accessing healthcare in other Member States and only a minority of potential patients are aware of their rights to seek cross-border healthcare;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that exchanging knowledge and scaling-up practices through Interreg will contribute to reinforcing preparedness and response facilities across borders, which have become a major factor during the crisis caused by the pandemic;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights that several Interreprojects resulting pfrojectsm international cooperation have contributed to cross-border regions’ fight against COVID-19 throughout the EU, for example through the mobility of intensive care patients and healthcare professionals, and the development of medical equipment;