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Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sara Cerdas
Country: Czechia
Language: PT

A prevalência dos problemas de saúde mental atingiu valores sem precedentes. Entre 2022 e 2023, uma em cada duas pessoas na União Europeia sofre de depressão e ansiedade, e os jovens, que são o nosso presente e o nosso futuro, foram particularmente prejudicados. Quase metade dos jovens da União Europeia afirma não ter os cuidados de saúde mental de que precisa, e o panorama fica ainda mais negro se refletirmos que o suicídio é a segunda causa de morte neste grupo etário e a primeira causa de morte nos jovens adultos com mais de 25 anos. Mais do que conversa, precisamos de ação no que à saúde mental diz respeito e o Parlamento Europeu elabora, assim, o seu primeiro relatório sobre saúde mental, sobre esta matéria tão importante. Com ele queremos impulsionar as iniciativas que a União pode fazer para responder a esta crise, que já representa quase 4 % de todas as mortes na União Europeia e cujos gastos ultrapassam mais de 4 % do PIB europeu. Neste relatório, queremos deixar bem claro que qualquer pessoa, em qualquer fase da sua vida, se pode encontrar numa situação mais vulnerável. Este relatório serve também para identificar os determinantes sociais da saúde e os grupos e as situações mais vulneráveis e propor ações concretas para as mitigar. É importante reconhecer situações difíceis vividas por diferentes grupos, sejam eles jovens, sejam eles mulheres, migrantes, da comunidade LGBTQIA+, trabalhadores, marginalizados, ou até aqueles que se veem em mais do que um destes grupos a viver um conjunto de desafios adicionais que exigem um esforço acrescido. E reconhecer que, com saúde mental em todas as políticas, conseguimos propor medidas interseccionais, desde os serviços sociais aos serviços de saúde, da educação, do trabalho, passando por todos os setores da sociedade. Mas, esta não pode, nem deve ser uma batalha individual. É uma batalha social que não pode ser ignorada. Nos locais de trabalho, por exemplo, onde passamos uma parte significativa das nossas vidas, cerca de 27 % das pessoas sofre de sintomas de  Urge uma transformação social. Como representantes dos cerca de 450 milhões de cidadãos europeus, temos o dever não apenas de alertar, mas sim de agir. E precisamos de mais. Há três medidas que considero fundamentais neste relatório para termos mais saúde mental na União Europeia e são elas: a criação de uma estratégia europeia com metas bem definidas, objetivos bem definidos, indicadores orientadores; mais financiamento direto para uma missão específica para a saúde mental; e que a temática do próximo ano europeu seja o Ano Europeu da Saúde Mental. É hora de desestigmatizar. É hora de priorizar. É hora de investirmos na saúde mental. E, uma palavra final de apreço a todas as equipas negociadoras, às equipas dos relatores—sombra, ao secretariado e também à Cátia, à Catarina e ao Vasco.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Maria Walsh
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: EN

Madam President, I wish to follow in the footsteps of my colleague MEP Cerdas by spending this time to remind our farm families and rural communities that, just as you and your families tend to your land on behalf of us Europeans, please also tend to the mental health also. Farmers’ hard work sustains us all, and yet, day in and day out, our farmers’ day can be overwhelming. It can be isolating, and face constant change in policy, driven here by the Parliament, leaving their mental health to be destroyed at times. A terrifying reality is that suicide ideation is twice as high among farmers than in the general population. So I’m pleading to all our farmers to break the silence, the stigma and the fear, and ask for help. In my own country of Ireland, we have taken steps in the right direction with programmes such as ‘On Firm Ground’ and ‘Make the Move’, and research recently done by UCD School of Agriculture and Food. But I plead with the Commission today to make mental health a real political priority. We need mental health initiatives and continuous funding at an EU level to stop death by suicide, and substantially support our farmers, colleagues, friends and families faced with this silent pandemic in our society today.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Karen Melchior
Political group: Renew
Country: Estonia
Language: DA

Fru formand! Mange tak til ordføreren for hendes initiativ og hendes fokus på at sikre, at vi bekæmper den stigmatisering, der er med mental sundhed. Hvis vi har et brækket ben, så er der ikke nogen af os, som vil undlade at gå til skadestuen, men hvis vi har ondt i vores mentale sundhed, hvis vi er deprimerede eller lider af bipolare lidelser, jamen så er der mange, der ikke tør søge den behandling, som de har brug for, på grund af det stigma, som det påfører. Men der er også nogle af os, som har en hjerne, som fungerer lidt anderledes, som tænker på en anden måde, som handler på en anden måde, som har brug for andre rammer. Vi har netop set resultaterne fra PISA-undersøgelsen fra vores skoler på tværs af Europa, og vores unge har det rigtig hårdt, og de når ikke de resultater i skolen, som de gjorde tidligere. Er det på grund af mobiltelefonerne, eller er mobiltelefoner bare en nem undskyldning for at sige, at vi har svært ved at rumme alle? Vi skal sørge for, at der er finansiering til uddannede lærere, til pædagoger, og at vi også giver plads til hinanden, både i skoler og uddannelser, men også på arbejdspladser, til at være den, vi er. Og der er plads til forskellighed. Der er plads til forskellige måder at tænke på, og det giver en bedre mental sundhed.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, access to mental healthcare is a human right. Yet in Ireland, more than 4 500 children are on a waiting list for the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service. More than 500 children have been waiting for more than a year, and some have been waiting for more than two years. We’ve had a suicide epidemic in my own county of Wexford for years. Ireland spends just 6% of its total health budget on mental health. Germany spends 12%, Norway spends 13.5% and France spends 15%. In Ireland, we have a medicalised mental health model that all stakeholders appear to agree is a massive problem. Over 15 000 prescriptions for antidepressants were issued to children aged 15 and younger last year in Ireland. That’s an increase of 130% compared to 10 years ago. Yet still, we have little or no public health talk therapy, and any EU mental health strategy must take an integrated and rights-based approach and should reject the medicalised mental health model.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, it’s not a coincidence that three of the four speakers are from Ireland, because we have a huge problem in Ireland in terms of mental health, but we’re not the only ones. Mental health in Europe is taking a nosedive, and our chronically underfunded and overworked healthcare professionals can’t cope. The pandemic and its aftermath have exacerbated clear deficits in our care system, leaving thousands of vulnerable people without the support they need. But really, is it any wonder that Europeans face record levels of stress, as more and more people struggle to feed their families, heat their homes? Pay is dwindling, prices are soaring, and it’s ordinary people who get caught in the crossfire. Thirty-seven per cent of workers under 30 are on temporary contracts. Most young Europeans live paycheque to paycheque without ever having the prospect of a decent roof over their heads. We’re witnessing failing safety nets, exploitative business practices, money-driven politics and severe inequality. Neoliberal capitalism has done untold damage to the well-being and mental health of Europeans. It breeds disempowerment, isolation and uncertainty. We can’t talk about mental health without talking about the conditions that trigger it.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: João Pimenta Lopes
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, a saúde mental tem de ser encarada como um problema de saúde pública que pode afetar uma pessoa desde tenra idade até à velhice. A garantia de uma adequada resposta exige serviços de saúde públicos que assegurem políticas de prevenção, diagnóstico, tratamento, acompanhamento e reintegração. Só o serviço público pode verdadeiramente responder a este desígnio sem fazer depender a resposta da condição económica do indivíduo. Os efeitos cumulativos do agravamento da situação económica e social, do aumento da exploração laboral, da degradação ambiental, dos desafios que hoje se colocam na infância e na adolescência, entre outros, são particularmente marcantes. A elevação das condições laborais, a regulação de horários, a melhoria de salários são condição determinante para o combate à doença mental em contexto laboral. É igualmente relevante o reforço do investimento nos serviços públicos de saúde que contemple os meios e recursos humanos e estruturais para o aumento da dotação financeira para a saúde mental, por forma a promover a cobertura regular da saúde mental nos serviços hospitalares e de cuidados de saúde primários, sem assimetrias, respondendo às necessidades reais identificadas.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Kadri Simson
Language: EN

Surveys, including the Eurobarometer, show that 46% of EU citizens have had an emotional or psychosocial problem in the last 12 months. More than half of people with a mental health issue have not received help from a professional.  These figures tell us that we must act and that we must act swiftly. So I welcome the support from the European Parliament and the SANT Committee, in particular, in making mental health a priority and in calling for decisive action. That action is now properly framed and supported at EU level by our strategic approach.  The fact that awareness around mental health issues has never been higher has raised expectations. At the same time, it helped to bring mental health to the top of the political agenda, as it should be. Our high-level conference on 10 October strongly confirmed this. Hundreds of participants came together to raise awareness, to hear from those with lived experience and to promote action on the ground.  To that end, we are now focusing our efforts on supporting Member States in rolling out the 20 flagship initiatives in our comprehensive approach. To make them a reality, we have identified funding opportunities of over EUR 1.2 billion and a set of concrete actions.  In addition, the EU has provided long-standing support to brain research and innovation, including mental health. EUR 765 million are allocated to ongoing research projects pertaining to mental health under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.  Honourable Members, the comprehensive approach is the framework for a ‘mental health across policies’ approach. It acknowledges the impact of the different determinants of mental health. Accordingly, along with the World Health Organisation, we will support Member States in building capacity to integrate mental health across policies.  In collecting best practices, we will work with Member States to improve the mental health of the most vulnerable individuals. At the same time, we are developing guidance with the Expert Group on Public Health to address stigma and discrimination. In January, we will launch a multidisciplinary training programme on mental health for professionals, together with a cross-border exchange program.  Also, in the online world, the Digital Services Act recognises the need to protect the mental wellbeing of users of online platforms. In short, we are in the process of rolling out specific actions and are putting a spotlight on mental health.  Honourable Members, our shared commitment to improving mental health in the EU is clear. Thanks to our flagship actions, we are delivering on that commitment together with Member States and stakeholders and with your support. Now it is up to us all to keep mental health high on the political agenda so that we make a real difference in people’s lives. It is by making that difference that we can ensure solid foundations for our European Health Union, and a healthier future for all Europeans.
Debate: Mental health
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Stefania Zambelli
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Purtroppo, per la loro stessa natura non visibile, i disturbi mentali sono spesso dimenticati e non considerati; invece i dati parlano chiaro e sono allarmanti: in Europa, ansia e depressione rappresentano oltre la metà dei casi di suicidio. Anche i dati tra giovani e giovanissimi sono preoccupanti: infatti, un adolescente su sette convive con un disturbo mentale. Dopo la pandemia questi dati sono solamente peggiorati. L'azione europea in questo ambito è urgente e servono per questo le seguenti grandi azioni: dobbiamo garantire sempre maggior accesso ai servizi per la salute mentale e puntare sulla prevenzione e sull'istruzione nelle scuole e nel mondo del lavoro; dobbiamo rimuovere gli ostacoli per l'accesso alle cure, con maggiori risorse per gli Stati; dobbiamo anche lavorare per eliminare lo stigma riguardante le problematiche di salute mentale e, infine, dobbiamo migliorare la collezione di dati e statistiche sulla salute mentale, che sono elementi chiave per contrastare e prevenire questa problematica.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über den Bericht von Nicola Beer im Namen des Ausschusses für Industrie, Forschung und Energie über den Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Schaffung eines Rahmens zur Gewährleistung einer sicheren und nachhaltigen Versorgung mit kritischen Rohstoffen und zur Änderung der Verordnungen (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 und (EU) 2019/1020 (
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou
Country: Greece
Language: EL

Οι κρίσιμες πρώτες ύλες είναι ζωτικής σημασίας για την υλοποίηση της πράσινης και ψηφιακής μετάβασης. Είναι απαραίτητες για την παραγωγή μπαταριών, ηλεκτρικών οχημάτων, ανεμογεννητριών και κινητών τηλεφώνων. Η πράξη για τις κρίσιμες πρώτες ύλες θα μας βοηθήσει να εξασφαλίσουμε επαρκείς προμήθειες και να περιορίσουμε την επικίνδυνη εξάρτηση από έναν και μόνο προμηθευτή.  Η παραγωγή περισσότερων κρίσιμων πρώτων υλών εντός της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης είναι μέρος της λύσης. Η Ελλάδα έχει τη δυνατότητα να παράγει αρκετό γάλλιο για να καλύψει το σύνολο των αναγκών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Σήμερα, το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο στέλνει ένα σαφές μήνυμα ότι η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση είναι έτοιμη να αντιμετωπίσει τα τρωτά σημεία στις αλυσίδες εφοδιασμού κρίσιμων πρώτων υλών. Η πράξη για τις κρίσιμες πρώτες ύλες πρέπει τώρα να υποστηριχθεί με νέες πηγές χρηματοδότησης.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Jessica Polfjärd
Country: Italy
Language: SV

Det är ett viktigt beslut vi kommer att fatta. I dagsläget är utvinningen av dessa råvaror i Europa näst intill obefintlig, varför vi är beroende av import från tredjeländer. Riskerna med en sådan situation är tydliga i ljuset av geopolitiska spänningar och den protektionistiska utveckling som vi kan se över hela världen. Men nu har vi möjlighet att ändra kurs med den här lagstiftningen.  Under alltför lång tid har politiken slagit undan benen för gruvnäringen. Vi har också i alltför stor utsträckning valt att blunda för mineralernas roll i omställningen och i det arbete som pågår, där efterfrågan ökar för var dag för att klara vår gröna omställning. Det är hög tid att vi ändrar på det. Gruvorna var en av de basnäringar som en gång gjorde Sverige rikt och rätt skött kommer de att hjälpa Europa på framtidsresan.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Country: Spain
Language: EN

In today’s world geopolitical context, it is essential for the EU not to be dependent on few suppliers, especially those which pose a security threat to the Union, like the totalitarian China. I believe that coordination and cooperation with our allies and strategic partners are key to successful implementation of this act. This is why I initiated a joint declaration of legislators from around the world to work together in ensuring secure, ethical and sustainable access to critical raw materials, which will be published later today. In this context, I also encourage the Commission to conclude more such partnerships and to add a critical raw materials component to existing and future agreements with third countries.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Franc Bogovič
Country: Italy
Language: SL

Pomembna je hitrost umeščanja v prostor, hitrost teh upravnih postopkov in tu je še posebej pomembno sodelovanje z lokalnimi skupnostmi, regionalnimi skupnostmi. Brez pravočasnega pristopa k lokalnim skupnostim bodo tudi vsi ti cilji težko dosegljivi. Zato res želimo, da se vsi tisti, ki želijo v prostor umestiti take objekte, oglasijo na lokalnih skupnostih, zagotovijo tudi dodatno infrastrukturo kakor tudi nova delovna mesta v tem okolju, kajti to bo najboljši garant, da bodo strateški projekti uspešni v prihodnje. Spoštovani gospod komisar, želim vam izpeljavo čim več strateških projektov in zagotovitev strateške suverenosti na področju kritičnih materialov v Evropi.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Hildegard Bentele
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Wir senden ein deutliches Signal an Investoren, Unternehmen und Arbeitnehmer. Für strategische Projekte werden die Genehmigungsverfahren drastisch gekürzt und vorhersehbar gemacht. Durch beherrschbare Risiken werden sie auch für Banken interessanter. Unternehmen bekommen somit mehr Optionen für sichere und saubere Rohstoffquellen. Sie selbst werden intern Rohstoffrisikomanagement betreiben müssen, aber ohne neue Bürokratie. Industriearbeiter im Bergbau, in der Weiterverarbeitung und im Recycling machen wir so zum Teil des
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mohammed Chahim
Political group: S-D
Country: Denmark
Language: NL

De energietransitie is een materialentransitie en als we als Europa die groene ambitie willen waarmaken, hebben we meer van die grondstoffen nodig. Dat betekent dat we ook in Europa moeten kijken naar welke opties we hebben als het gaat om mijnen. Maar hoe gaan we ook vooral slimmer om met de grondstoffen die we al hebben? We moeten strategische partnerschappen aangaan met andere landen op het gebied van kritieke grondstoffen, maar dit moet wel gebeuren op basis van gelijkwaardigheid zodat alle partijen hiervan profiteren. De energietransitie is dus gewoon een materialentransitie. En in de overgang naar een groen Europa zonder fossiele brandstoffen zijn zeldzame grondstoffen en eigen productie van duurzame technologieën cruciaal. Ik feliciteer de rapporteur, de Raad en de Commissie. Een hele goede wet. En nu uitvoeren.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: FR

Voici la particularité européenne: agir ensemble pour relever les défis globaux. Pour faire adhérer États tiers et citoyens européens, il nous faut expliquer, convaincre, être transparents. C’est pourquoi nous devons débattre dès à présent de la mise en œuvre de tous ces partenariats. L’Europe a besoin de sortir de ses dépendances, mais elle doit le faire d’une façon qui profite à toutes et qui soit transparente. Voilà la particularité européenne, voilà ce que nous avons défendu, voilà ce qui doit devenir réalité.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Henrike Hahn
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Mit dem EU-Gesetz für kritische Rohstoffe haben wir jetzt 2023 in Rekordzeit einen grünen industriepolitischen Meilenstein für mehr Bergbau in Europa gesetzt. Kreislaufwirtschaft und Recycling stehen jetzt im Mittelpunkt des Rohstoff-Gesetzes, und gleichzeitig arbeiten wir an der Verringerung des Bedarfs von kritischen Rohmaterialien und an der Substitution. Mit dem Rohstoff-Gesetz erhält jetzt grüne Technologie  Die Recycling-Benchmark wird jetzt im Rohstoff-Gesetz auf 25 Prozent des EU-Jahresverbrauchs an strategischen Rohstoffen angehoben. Eine wachsende Menge strategischer Rohstoffe in EU-Abfallströmen wird recycelt werden. Das ist natürlich ein guter Dynamo für die Recyclingindustrie. Auch das ist für uns Grüne sehr wichtig: Die Zivilgesellschaft muss beim Bergbau in Europa bestmöglich einbezogen werden. Die explizite Erwähnung der freien Zustimmung nach vorheriger Aufklärung für indigene Völker wurde wegen der Verweigerungen des Rates ausgebremst. Und trotzdem: Der endgültige Text verweist auf die OECD-Leitlinien, die die freie Zustimmung nach vorheriger Aufklärung enthalten, und das ist wichtig und das ist richtig. Der endgültige Text enthält auch eine Erwägung gegen Tiefseebergbau, und auch das ist für uns wichtig. Bergbau in EU-Gebieten muss ein Tabu bleiben. Die im Mandat des Europäischen Parlaments vorgesehenen Schutzmaßnahmen wurden letztlich nicht beibehalten, und das ist für uns Grüne klar schmerzhaft.  Zum Ergebnis muss aber auch gesagt werden: Das Rohstoff-Gesetz ändert ausdrücklich keine Bestimmungen des Umweltrechtsrahmens. Klar ist: Grüner Wandel zur Erreichung unserer Klimaziele braucht kritische Rohstoffe, und deshalb brauchen wir bedarfsorientierten Bergbau in Europa unter den höchstmöglichen ökologischen und sozialen Kriterien. Auf geht's!
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Izabela-Helena Kloc
Political group: ECR
Country: Czechia
Language: PL

Wyjątkowa rola węgla koksowego dla europejskiej gospodarki to fakt dostrzeżony również przez urzędników Komisji Europejskiej. Dziękuję, Panie Komisarzu. Europejska transformacja energetyczna potrzebuje stali, potrzebuje miedzi i wielu innych kluczowych surowców, których trzeba szukać przede wszystkim w Europie.  Najważniejsze jednak jest dostosowanie tempa tej transformacji do możliwości technologicznych i zasobów surowcowych naszego kontynentu. Zbyt szybkie, rewolucyjne tempo zmian doprowadza do ucieczki firm i deindustrializacji Unii Europejskiej. Europejska gospodarka nie będzie atrakcyjna ani nie będzie dla nikogo przykładem, jeżeli okaże się historią zwycięstwa ideologii nad zdrowym rozsądkiem. I cieszę się, że rozporządzenie dotyczące surowców krytycznych jest przejawem zachowania zdrowego rozsądku w myśleniu o gospodarce.  Cieszę się z dobrych perspektyw dla największego europejskiego producenta węgla koksowego – Jastrzębskiej Spółki Węglowej. Serdecznie w tym momencie chciałabym pozdrowić z Parlamentu Europejskiego górników ze Śląska. Udało się.