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Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Catherine Amalric
Political group: Renew
Language: FR

Pour cela, la prévention a un rôle majeur. Le volet «prévention» est particulièrement abouti dans le plan européen de lutte contre le cancer, des cancers qui, on le sait, sont évitables pour 40 % d’entre eux. Les facteurs de risque ciblés permettent aussi de lutter contre beaucoup d’autres pathologies dont le risque augmente avec l’âge. À ce titre, nous pouvons regretter que la révision des législations sur les produits du tabac et sur l’étiquetage nutritionnel se fassent attendre, de même que pour le règlement sur les produits chimiques et leur classification. La pluridisciplinarité de la prévention est au centre du principe inscrit dans nos traités: «
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Ana Miranda
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: PT

Quanto à perda populacional, desde 2009 a Galiza perdeu quase 100 000 habitantes. Ainda esta semana falava sobre isso com a Senhora Comissária Šuica, já que, segundo dados do Instituto de Estatísticas do ano de 2009 – precisamente quando o Partido Popular voltou a assumir o governo da Galiza – viviam na Galiza 2 796 089 pessoas, ao passo que no ano de 2023 esse número caiu 3,7 % para 2 696 177 pessoas. Por outro lado, enquanto diminuía a população da Galiza, aumentava o envelhecimento. Se, no ano de 2003, o índice de envelhecimento populacional da Galiza era de 168 por cada dez menores de 16 anos, havia quase 200 pessoas com mais de 64. Duas décadas depois, no ano de 2023, esse índice era de 218 pessoas idosas – os nossos idosos, tão queridos, como era a minha mãe, que faleceu de Alzheimer. Tendo em conta estes dados das administrações públicas, temos que apostar em políticas que tenham em conta o conceito de envelhecimento ativo defendido pela Organização Mundial da Saúde. A Organização Mundial da Saúde define esta fase como o processo no qual há que otimizar as oportunidades de participar na sociedade, para melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas à medida que envelhecem. As políticas ativas de envelhecimento devem ser mais investimento público, mais apoio a lares para a terceira idade, mais apoio público. Que os avós não tenham que ser os que suportam a crise. Que os avós e as avós não sejam os que têm que cuidar dos filhos e netos, como acontece e aconteceu em todas as crises cíclicas. A Europa envelhece, mas temos que cuidar dos nossos idosos, ampará-los porque não podem suportar o peso das crises, nem o peso das doenças. No meu país, por exemplo, muitos idosos aguardam muitos meses para ir a um médico. Isso não é o que os nossos idosos precisam.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Elżbieta Rafalska
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Ja chciałabym się odnieść do jednego z tych elementów, bo w takim krótkim wystąpieniu nie sposób jest omówić wszystkie. Otóż chciałabym powiedzieć parę zdań na temat ruchu. Ruch jest atrybutem życia. Aktywność fizyczna, wydajność fizyczna, wydolność biologiczna, wszystko zależy właśnie od sprawności fizycznej. Bo jeśli nie będziemy sprawni fizycznie, będziemy skazani na drugą osobę, czy to będzie osoba w rodzinie, czy to będzie system opieki państwa. Na dobrą aktywną starość nie możemy zacząć pracować w wieku 50-60 lat. To musi się rozpocząć wcześniej. Promocja musi dotyczyć już jak najmłodszych osób, a potem ta aktywność musi być podtrzymywana tak długo, jak tylko się da.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Joachim Kuhs
Political group: ID
Country: Greece
Language: DE

Ein gesunder Lebensstil – der bei jedem natürlich anders aussehen kann – kann vorbeugend zu einem gesunden Leben und zu einem erträglichen und würdigen Altern beitragen. Doch was nützt der beste und gesündeste Lebensstil, wenn wir als EU das durch unsere Gesetze und Regelungen konterkarieren? Denn zahlreiche Studien zeigen, dass Stress katastrophal für die Gesundheit ist, und unsere Mitbürger hatten in den letzten Jahren unheimlich viel Stress. Erstens: Stress durch die Teuerung und gerade für die Rentner hohe Wohnungs- und Energiekosten. In Deutschland müssen daher viele Rentner inzwischen Pfandflaschen sammeln – gesund ist das sicher nicht. Zweitens: Stress wegen einer fragiler gewordenen Gesundheit infolge der Corona-Pandemie, der freiheitsentziehenden Lockdowns und des rigiden Impfregimes, das teilweise bis heute noch anhält. Und drittens: Ich muss es leider sagen: Stress, weil wir drohen, in einen Krieg mit Russland hineingezogen zu werden, was besonders bei der älteren Generation die Furcht vor einem Dritten Weltkrieg heraufbeschwört. Und dieser Stress wird derzeit von unseren eigenen Regierungen und auch den EU-Institutionen verursacht. Noch einmal: Dieser Stress ist real, und er kann nicht gesund sein. Daher stelle ich die Frage: Warum unterhalten wir uns eigentlich überhaupt über einen gesunden Lebensstil und über das gesunde Altern, wenn wir doch die Grundvoraussetzungen dafür zerstören? Das ist im Grunde genommen genauso widersprüchlich, wie wenn wir versuchen wollten, eine Wunde zu heilen, die wir selbst geschlagen haben. Beenden wir so bald wie möglich die Stressfaktoren, und dann lassen wir die Menschen in unseren Ländern gesund und in Würde ihr Alter so gestalten, wie es ihnen am besten gefällt! Wir in der EU brauchen das nicht auch noch regeln oder meinen, wir müssten uns auch darum kümmern. Das machen unsere Alten schon selbst – und ich zähle mich selbst dazu, mit 68.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Emmanuel Maurel
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Alors je sais bien – et vous l’avez dit depuis le début de ce débat – qu’il existe d’autres paramètres qui rentrent en jeu dans l’espérance de vie et dans la qualité de vie des personnes âgées. Vous avez parlé du sport, de la prévention d’un mode de vie sain, de la lutte contre la solitude. Tout ça, c’est exact, mais, sans revenus décents et sans services publics de qualité, eh bien il est impossible de bien vieillir, et encore moins de mener, comme vous le disiez, un vieillissement actif. Le moyen le plus efficace de réduire les inégalités de revenus entre retraités, et donc de donner à tous la chance de bien vieillir, c’est d’abord et avant tout d’appuyer un système collectif par répartition, et non pas d’encourager des politiques économiques qui détruisent ce système au nom de la réduction des déficits. Plus on allonge la durée de cotisation des retraites, plus on fait appel à la capitalisation, plus on reporte l’âge légal de la retraite, comme la Commission le demande à chaque fois au nom de la réduction des dépenses, et plus le phénomène de la pauvreté des seniors s’aggrave. Nous avons des exemples, des exemples tragiques, de seniors obligés de pallier l’insuffisance de leurs revenus en continuant de travailler. Vous avez des reportages récents où des personnes de 67-68 ans sont obligées de bosser, notamment pour Uber Eats, de devenir livreuses uniquement pour pouvoir vieillir dans des conditions à peu près décentes. C’est vrai partout en Europe, y compris en France, où, après cinq réformes des retraites, nous assistons à un phénomène très inquiétant. Voilà donc l’effet des réformes structurelles auxquelles on nous invite chaque jour ici, et qui ont des conséquences concrètes pour la vie des personnes âgées. Alors, si vous voulez vraiment bien vieillir, cessez cette logique «austéritaire», cessez de couper toujours dans les budgets sociaux, et les retraités des classes moyennes et de la classe ouvrière vous en seront reconnaissants. Parce que, sinon, tout ce débat, en réalité, c’est de l’hypocrisie.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

The European population is ageing rapidly. The number of Europeans aged over 65 will double in the next 50 years, and the number over 80 years will treble. With a shrinking labour force – no longer able to provide for the needs of the growing number of older people – it is clear that Europe’s current attitudes towards ageing and retirement are unsustainable. Older people can and do contribute valuably to our society and the workforce. The EU needs to support social services to shift from institutional care to home and community care. By enabling older people with care needs to stay in their homes for as long as possible, their quality of life can be significantly improved, and we enable them to continue to contribute actively to their communities. They can have purpose and feel needed and we can have  Finally, I think I’m not a bad example myself of ageing actively and, hopefully, gracefully. I’m an
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Matjaž Nemec
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: SL

Gospa predsednica. Naše zdravje je naše največje bogastvo. Tega se prevečkrat ne zavedamo, ali pa nas zares predrami šele takrat, ko je prepozno. Zato nikakor ne smemo tako fizičnega kot mentalnega zdravja jemati za samoumevnega.  Na zdravje človeka vpliva tako rekoč vse okoli nas: napredek, podnebne spremembe, industrijska proizvodnja hrane. Poleg tega pa se Evropa, tako kot večina zahodnega sveta, sooča še s hitrim staranjem prebivalstva.  A tovrstnim učinkom poskušamo vsak dan ubežati z napredkom v izobraževanju ter zavedanju ljudi o pomembnosti zdravega načina življenja. Poleg tega pa še z razvojem tehnologij ali pa z večjo dostopnostjo do obsežnih raziskav, ki omogočajo hitrejše ali bolj natančno diagnosticiranje na eni strani ter učinkovitejši in naprednejši način zdravljenja na drugi strani.  To so dosežki, ki jih velja prepoznati, vendar pa ti prinašajo tudi pomembne in zaželene družbene, ekonomske in zdravstvene izzive. Pričakovana življenjska doba se in s tem potreba po zdravstvu povečuje hitreje kot leta življenja, preživeta v dobrem zdravju. Temu naravnemu fenomenu se ne more izogniti nihče od nas. Zato morata spodbujanje blaginje starejših in dolgotrajna oskrba biti ena izmed naših osrednjih prioritet.  Temu smo zavezani tudi socialni demokrati širom po vsej Evropi. Pričakovati je, da bodo ravno staranje in vse vrste sprememb naši največji izzivi v prihodnosti. A to moramo začeti naslavljati že danes.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Valter Flego
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjednice, poštovane kolegice i kolege, mi ovdje često znamo pričati o velikim temama, o teškim temama, o geostrateškim interesima, o ogromnim infrastrukturnim projektima i nažalost često zaboravimo one najpotrebitije. Često zaboravimo naše građane treće životne dobi, kojima nije baš jednostavno.  A znate, nije jednostavno biti starija osoba u jednoj Hrvatskoj ili u Švedskoj ili Nizozemskoj. I nije svejedno starjeti s 300 ili 400 eura mirovine ili pak s 1300 ili 1400. I nije svejedno starjeti ako čekaš na pregled kod doktora mjesec ili dva ili pak godinu. I nije svejedno starjeti ako živiš u kući sam ili s tri generacije.  Iz tog razloga moja molba je da zajedno s državama, gradovima i regijama više imamo projekata i programa koji će poticati aktivno starenje, koji će se brinuti o zdravlju naših sugrađana i da Europa još jednom ovdje bude koordinator i partner državama.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Ryszard Czarnecki
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Pani Komisarz! Szanowni Państwo! Może szkoda, że nie ma tutaj z nami naszego byłego kolegi europosła Alexandra Stubba, który został wybrany na prezydenta Finlandii, a który niedawno, mimo, że jest niewiele młodszy ode mnie, zajął szóste miejsce na mistrzostwach świata w triathlonie. To jest przykład zdrowego trybu życia!  Natomiast myślę, że w tej debacie powinniśmy zwrócić szczególną uwagę na osoby starsze, na seniorów. Obowiązkiem nie tylko państwa, ale także samorządów, nie mówiąc o Unii Europejskiej, jest szczególna troska o te osoby. Każdy z nas będzie kiedyś seniorem. Myślę, że objawem pewnego człowieczeństwa ludzi władzy jest to, czy myślą o takich ludziach, a także co dla nich robią, aby ludzie ci byli pełnowartościową częścią społeczeństwa, zwłaszcza że to oni przez lata pracowali na nasz dobrobyt.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Marek Paweł Balt
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Cieszę się ze stanowiska Komisji Europejskiej i pani komisarz Ferreiry i popieram to stanowisko. Chciałbym też dodać, że seniorzy po osiągnięciu wieku emerytalnego powinni być zachęcani, a nie zniechęcani do dalszej działalności zawodowej i społecznej. Seniorzy muszą mieć bezwarunkowe prawo otrzymania wypracowanej emerytury i dalszej zawodowej aktywności. Nie można dyskryminować emerytów, płacąc im mniej i powierzając im mniej odpowiedzialne zadania. Emeryci muszą mieć zagwarantowane prawo do takich samych wynagrodzeń jak ludzie w wieku produkcyjnym.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, not everybody can afford a healthy lifestyle, but the State can certainly help. The EU has a GDP of almost EUR 20 trillion at the moment, and there’s more wealth in circulation throughout the Union than there’s ever been since its inception. In my own country, Ireland, tax receipts for 2023 totalled EUR 88 billion – the highest figure ever recorded – with corporation tax amounting to EUR 25 billion alone. Yet at the same time, living standards are deteriorating across Member States. In Ireland, as of today, there’s over 13 500 people homeless and over 4 000 of them are children. So we have record tax receipts and we have record homeless figures. And Ireland is not alone. Across Europe last year, 45 million people could not afford to keep their homes adequately warm. In 2022, food prices went up 11% in Europe and energy prices 27%, as a direct result of the war in Ukraine. We are promoting a US proxy war at the expense of our citizens. We should think again.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, when we talk about a healthy lifestyle, I think there’s no doubt about it but the cost of living crisis and anxiety are one of the main obstacles to healthy, active ageing. Now, this morning, the Parliament debated the deteriorating living conditions in the Union. We know that, between 2021 and 2022, the prices of basic products rose by almost 17% at EU level. Seeing your savings disappear because of rising prices on basic goods and vital services, no longer being able to turn up the heating on your home because of the impact of electricity bills, no longer being able to feed yourself properly or look after your home: these are all serious concerns for people, particularly the elderly. So we can’t discuss health without discussing social inequality. And we cannot do this without recognising the economic crisis – part of which was fuelled by our suicidal response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Rather than working for a diplomatic solution, we have instead penalised ourselves. And when the Pope calls for reason and rationale and dialogue, he’s vilified and demonised. This madness has to stop. We need a Europe that is suitable for all.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Elisa Ferreira
Language: EN

We are delivering on that commitment through concrete and ambitious actions, together with Member States and stakeholders, but with your support also. If we put healthy and active ageing and lifelong prevention higher on the political agenda, it will make a real difference in people’s lives. And let me just add a small detail of my own, bearing in mind what I have as a competence and responsibility. Cohesion policy has a lot of instruments and is being used exactly also to create conditions for this better quality of life in all regions of Europe, in all countries of Europe – trying to reply to some of you that mentioned it. We must in fact turn our ageing society into a longevity society, as put forward in the Commission’s demography toolbox. We must build a longevity society that values longer lifetime spent in older age, that empowers older citizens, and that nurtures the welfare and well-being of all generations and all society and all regions across Europe. That is how we achieve a more inclusive, sustainable and healthier society in which people of all ages can thrive and live life to the full. And in doing that, we lay solid foundations for a robust health Union, a healthier future for all Europeans and, inevitably, also for our economy.
Debate: Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Stefania Zambelli
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Purtroppo, molto spesso questo tema è declinato al negativo: tendiamo a considerare gli anziani più come un peso che come una risorsa. Dobbiamo per questo invertire la retorica. La promozione di stili di vita sani, di un'alimentazione equilibrata come la dieta mediterranea e di un'attività fisica quotidiana è un elemento chiave perché tutta la società guadagni dall'invecchiamento della popolazione. Se, infatti, i nostri anziani invecchiano rimanendo in salute, è tutta la società che ne guadagna: minor spesa per i sistemi sanitari e maggior contributo al mondo del lavoro e del volontariato. Non dimentichiamo inoltre il valore sociale di una sana popolazione anziana nell'aiuto alla famiglia, ai figli e ai nipoti. Per questo è essenziale promuovere uno stile di vita sano a tutti i livelli della società, dai più piccoli fino ai più anziani.
Debate: Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Anders Vistisen
Political group: ID
Language: DA

Fru formand! Der er ikke styr på EU's penge. For 29. år i træk har Den Europæiske Revisionsret, vores egne revisorer, valgt at fortælle os, at man ikke kunne godkende EU's budget. Den seneste rapport viser, at 4,2 procent af midlerne kan man simpelthen ikke gøre rede for. Derfor er det et problem, ja, faktisk skandaløst, at man år efter år her i Europa-Parlamentet vedtager budgetprocedurer uden at tage højde for, at man aldrig har fået godkendt budgettet i første omgang. Det er på tide, vi tager skeen i den anden hånd, tager det alvorligt, at der er tale om skatteborgerfinansierede midler, og sørger for den forpligtelse, vi først og fremmest har, nemlig at vores regnskaber kan godkendes. Det burde være simpel logik, at det er den første opgave, et Parlament skal varetage. Desværre har vi endnu engang vedtaget en rapport, som ikke sikrer, at vi for 30. eller 31. år får godkendt budgettet i Revisionsretten.
Debate: The time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I voted in favour of this resolution because I think the public’s access to documents really plays a crucial role in ensuring that EU institutions operate transparently. It is absolutely critical for investigative media, for interest groups, for civil society or for individual citizens. And let’s be honest, the Ombudsman’s special report reveals significant and systemic delays in access to Commission documents. In 85% of the cases, the Commission failed to take a decision within the legal deadline. This amounts to maladministration, it is absolutely outrageous and it shows total contempt for the citizens of Europe. Emily O’Reilly has said that the institutions are still struggling to adapt their registration and disclosure obligations to the realities of modern communication tools. Obviously, she means Ursula von der Leyen hasn’t copped on that she’s supposed to keep text messages and so on. I was delighted to see the amendment pass that reminded the Commission that Parliament can institute infringement proceedings in this area.
Debate: Creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for children
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the idea of creating a designated capital for children, if it were to focus on children and how we mind them and how we treat them, it would be certainly be a positive. In Dublin today, in our home city, they reckon that almost 1 in 5 children are at risk of poverty. Now, Ireland is deemed a very wealthy country, and you’d wonder how, in God’s name, that could be the case. Well, sadly, successive governments have engaged in neoliberal policies that do not prioritise the interests of the most vulnerable in society. That should change, and it would be great if the European Union could play a positive role in addressing that. And speaking of children, let’s not forget that there are 12 000 children who have been killed by the Israeli regime in Gaza. There are 180 births a day at the moment in Gaza, and the healthcare facilities for birth and for postnatal care have been destroyed. God help us!
Debate: Cohesion policy - – implementation and outcomes in the Member States
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Piernicola Pedicini
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, io ho votato a favore di questa risoluzione, ma non posso fare a meno di segnalare quelle pratiche nazionali che di fatto annullano l'efficacia delle politiche di coesione a livello territoriale. Perché la Germania ha ridimensionato il divario tra Est e Ovest? Perché negli altri paesi dell'Unione la politica di coesione ha funzionato, mentre il Sud Italia si allontana sempre di più dagli standard europei? E allora non mi stancherò mai di ripetere che, se da una parte, i fondi europei sono destinati ai territori più in difficoltà, dall'altra i governi italiani, da sempre, hanno sottratto le risorse ordinarie, vanificando ogni politica di coesione. Prima il governo ti dimezza il personale; quindi le Regioni e i Comuni non riescono ad assorbire i fondi europei; a quel punto il governo dice che sei incapace e attua il potere sostitutivo con i progetti sponda, che trasformano le risorse destinate al Sud in risorse spalmate su tutto il territorio nazionale. Noi diciamo che bisogna ripristinare il criterio di addizionalità delle risorse europee e introdurre un vincolo di territorialità che deve essere fatto rispettare direttamente dalla Commissione europea, perché ormai dei governi italiani non ci si può più fidare.
Debate: Cohesion policy - – implementation and outcomes in the Member States
Date: THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I voted for this policy because I believe that the neglect of rural communities really is immense. It’s partly reflected in the economic issues which are behind the protest movement being led currently by our farmers. But it’s also partly reflected in the terrible damage being done to these communities on an environmental front. Situations like in Ireland, where our Environment Minister has greenlighted a lithium prospecting project in Moylisha Hill in Wicklow, his department strongly advising Coillte, a State company, to allow access to those lands – even though hydrological advice says that drilling through the rock in this area will compromise very valuable water supply. The Minister says that we have to consider mining when it could be done in an environmentally sensitive way. It can’t be. It’s time to drop it. We need to invest properly in our rural communities.