The pandemic has shown that “it is necessary to build a health union”. The number one of the European Commission, Ursula, said this in Brussels on Wednesday Von der Leyenduring his first State of the Union address. The former German minister then revealed that "with the Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, and the Italian presidency of the G20", the EU executive will organize "a global health summit in Italy, to demonstrate that Europe is there to protect” citizens.
Still on the subject of the health emergency, Von der Leyen admitted that "the pandemic and uncertainty are not yet overcome", but he also underlined that "Europeans want to get out of this world of the coronavirus, from this fragility. They are ready for a change and are ready to move forward. This is the moment for Europe to move towards a new vitality”. Von der Leyen's invitation was immediately accepted by Prime Minister Conte on his Facebook profile:
“MINIMUM WAGE IN ALL COUNTRIES”
As regards the reforms that governments are called upon to launch in the coming months, on the labor front, the president of the Commission remarked that all EU members "must have minimum wages. They work, and it's about time the work pays off. The truth is that for too many people work does not pay: wage dumping destroys the dignity of work and penalizes entrepreneurs, distorting competition in the internal market. We need to put an end to this situation."
Therefore the Commission “will move forward a proposal for legislation” in this sense, added the number one of the Brussels executive, specifying that the minimum wage, as well as by law, can also be established “through collective bargaining” and by “statutory” way.
RECOVERY FUND: "37% FOR THE GREEN DEAL, 20% FOR DIGITAL"
Von der Leyen then explained how the resources of the Next Generation Eu, the program he is establishing, will be distributed the Recovery Fund"37% will be spent on our Green deal goals", While "20% will be invested in digital".
On the subject of environmental policies, "we know that change is necessary and possible - argued the President of the Commission - The Green Deal is our plan to achieve this transformation: we want to become the first neutral content by 2050, but we will not succeed with this status quo, so we have to be quicker. We have conducted a thorough impact assessment and on this basis and the Commission proposes to increase the 2030 targets for reducing emissions by at least 55%”
On the technological side, a "European cloud" for data storage will also be created, and in general the EU will focus on the "development of 5G, 6G and glass fibre", to achieve "Europe's digital sovereignty" and establish "a secure European digital identity”.
