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Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Ádám Kósa
Political group: NI
Country: Poland
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök úr! Az ápolás-gondozás kérdése nem tartozik az Európai Unió hatáskörébe. A tagállamoknak kell kialakítani a rendszereket, figyelembe véve a megelőző egészségügyi ellátás, rehabilitáció, továbbá a független életvitel lehetőségének biztosítását. Kiemelném a családi ápolás-gondozás meghatározó szerepét. Ez biztosítja a legmegfelelőbb környezetet a gondozottak számára, amihez az államnak minden feltételt és segítséget meg kell adnia. Azonban ez nem mindig lehetséges az otthonápolás tekintetében. Tehát az ellátottak érdekében szükségszerűen igazodva józan, észszerű megközelítésre van szükség az intézményi ellátás körében is. Kedves kollégák! 12 éve harcolok a fogyatékossággal élők, ellátottak nagy létszámú intézményi kiváltásáért. Országosan és az Európai Unió számos országában is komoly előrelépés történt. Amit megtanultam mindez idő alatt, hogy a megfelelő és közösségalapú intézményi ellátás és a családi ápolás-gondozás egymást tökéletesen kiegészíti, ebbe az irányba kell elmozdulni. Nem lehet minden gondozást végző intézményt bezárni.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Frances Fitzgerald
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I thank Commissioner Šuica for his work. And I’d also like to pay tribute to Sirpa Pietikäinen and Dennis Radtke from my own group who worked so hard on this. It is about time that Europe took action on care. We all know what a European perspective, action means. It means a greater focus on the harsh realities of care as it stands at present in the European Union, the harsh realities of what we saw during COVID-19. Who amongst us can forget the appalling tragedies that we saw in relation to long-term care? Who amongst us can forget the lack of carers, the lack of pay, the lack of proper training? Surely it is time that we took a European perspective on care issues. Every Member State will gain from this. Every Member State must be involved, because this goes to the heart of our communities. It goes to the heart of the quality of our lives, of our parents’ lives, of our children’s lives.  Europe has much to offer. That care has long gone unnoticed and undervalued, and why? Because it is mostly women who have done it. It is beyond time to take action and make a difference in this area. We need EU money to build better care facilities. We need proper care workers with proper pay. We need to create eight million jobs in this area and we need to boost gender equality. It’s finally time for a Europe for carers and a Europe that cares.  Thank you. The Queen on picking a dolce vita to pee on Drago’s bistro. Not so much a slow. Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Schuchat. Dear colleagues, the past couple of years show how the pandemic exacerbated the challenges faced by the care sector. And it is been a stark reminder of the importance of the care sector, the access to care and the efficiency of our Social Security systems. We have witnessed a lack of accessible and affordable quality long term care services and unacceptable stress put on the millions of care professionals, especially women, during a period of stress and crisis in an understaffed and underfunded sector. Existing challenges led also to a substantial share of informal care and outdated services not suited for the purpose. We need the necessary investment to give our citizens with the workers who are beneficiaries of the sector, the tools to face the existing challenges and the increased demand of care services due to an ageing population.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Dragoş Pîslaru
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner Šuica, dear colleagues, the past couple of years show how the pandemic exacerbated the challenges faced by the care sector.  This has been a stark reminder of the importance of the care sector, access to care and the efficiency of our social security systems. We have witnessed a lack of accessible and affordable, quality long—term care services, and unacceptable stress put on the millions of care professionals, especially women, during a period of stress and crisis in an understaffed and underfunded sector. Existing challenges have led also to a substantial share of informal care and outdated services not fit for the purpose.  We need the necessary investment to give our citizens, who are the workers and beneficiaries of the sector, the tools to face the existing challenges and the increased demand on care services due to an ageing population. We must put forward the necessary responses to create more quality jobs in the care sector and care industry and ensure our citizens, without any discrimination, have access to quality formal care services in all their forms.  The European care strategy stands as a pillar for the resilience of our social security systems. I would like to thank the rapporteurs and wish we have good cooperation with the Commission on this.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Stefania Zambelli
Political group: ID
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, signora Commissaria, onorevoli colleghi, quando parliamo di assistenza e prestatori di assistenza i numeri sono molto chiari: in tutta l'Unione europea ci sono 6 milioni di prestatori di assistenza professionali e 50 milioni sono invece i prestatori di assistenza "informali", non riconosciuti da un contratto di lavoro. Quasi l'80 per cento sono donne che, oltre a dare assistenza, devono anche lavorare. Purtroppo, ci sono ancora enormi disparità tra gli Stati membri per la tutela di queste figure. Penso alle donne che devono assistere un figlio disabile o un genitore anziano e malato. La legge non riconosce per queste persone nessun tipo di assistenza, se non per piccoli o brevi periodi. Molte donne si trovano così costrette a scegliere tra il lavoro e la cura di un familiare malato. Ritengo che siano scelte che nessuno nella vita dovrebbe mai fare. Molto spesso le famiglie sono lasciate sole, serve un confronto più costruttivo in materia di assistenza, perché è la famiglia che per prima si fa carico di queste situazioni. Questo servirà a tutelare sia chi riceve le cure, ma anche chi le presta.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Elżbieta Rafalska
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Pani Komisarz! Panie Przewodniczący! Kwestia opieki, w szczególności opieki nad osobami starszymi, jest trudnym, może nawet najtrudniejszym i pilnym problemem społecznym. Przyczyny tej sytuacji wynikają ze zmian demograficznych, starzenia się społeczeństw, niskich wskaźników dzietności oraz wysokich wskaźników obciążenia demograficznego, często też dłuższego wieku życia, ale w niepełnosprawności i w niesamodzielności.  Kolejną przyczyną jest brak kadry opiekuńczej – nisko wynagradzanej, często zatrudnianej nielegalnie – i zróżnicowania systemów opieki zdrowotnej, w tym w rehabilitacji.  Odniosę się do rozwiązań z tej wspólnej rezolucji. Moim zdaniem szybka deinstytucjonalizacja może służyć wyłącznie prywatyzacji sektora, a także brakowi usług publicznych. Pogłębi to niedobory kadrowe i wbrew pozorom może obniżyć, a nie podwyższać – co jest naszym celem – standardy opiekuńcze.  Również mierzenie wartości każdej opieki wskaźnikiem jest myśleniem życzeniowym i technicznym. Musimy też pamiętać o krajowych kompetencjach. Musimy łączyć różne formy opieki (instytucjonalnej, środowiskowej, dziennej, całodobowej) i proponować rozwiązania systemowe.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Eugenia Rodríguez Palop
Political group: The Left
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señora comisaria, todos somos seres necesitados e inacabados, todos hemos sido niños y, con suerte, todos seremos ancianos. Es el momento de asumir que tenemos una deuda de vínculo con quienes nos cuidan y nos han cuidado. Una deuda que no es solo material, sino también afectiva, y de la que son acreedoras fundamentalmente las mujeres. En Europa, más de siete millones y medio de mujeres han salido del mercado laboral para cuidar, frente a 450 000 hombres y, por cuidar, casi nueve millones de mujeres trabajan a tiempo parcial, frente a 560 000 hombres. Después nos quejamos de la falta de empatía que exhiben muchos varones: a cuidar y a querer se aprende cuidando y queriendo. He abogado durante años por un pacto europeo de cuidados y estoy contenta porque este informe avanza hacia un modelo en el que los varones y las instituciones ocupan el lugar que les corresponde. Tenemos que prestar servicios de calidad que garanticen el bienestar y la autonomía de quienes los necesiten. Pero eso no puede lograrse si no se valora y se paga el cuidado lo que vale. Las mujeres dejan de percibir 287 000 millones de euros anuales por cuidados no remunerados. No lo olvidemos: a cuidar y a querer se aprende cuidando y queriendo.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Dennis Radtke
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, Frau Kommissarin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Es ist wie eigentlich immer, wenn wir Berichte aus dem Sozialausschuss diskutieren: Da gibt es immer großes Wehklagen, Europa überschreite seine Kompetenzen, ein Angriff auf nationale Zuständigkeiten. Ja, natürlich, beim Thema Gesundheit, beim Thema Pflege ist es in erster Linie eine nationalstaatliche Verantwortung. Aber wir als Europäische Union können doch bei einem Thema, das zutiefst europäisch ist und wo wir überall, oder nahezu überall, vor den gleichen Herausforderungen stehen, nicht einfach sagen: Ja, dann kümmert euch mal, und wir legen in der Zeit die Beine hoch. Wenn man sich den europäischen Arbeitsmarkt ansieht, wenn man sich ansieht, was auf dem Pflegemarkt los ist – es gibt kaum einen zweiten Sektor, der so hochmobil ist. Welches deutsche Pflegeheim könnte eigentlich existieren, wenn wir dort nur noch deutsche Pflegekräfte hätten? Deswegen finde ich es elementar wichtig, dass wir einen Beitrag dazu leisten, Standards zu verbessern, Pflege aus dem Schattendasein, teilweise aus der Illegalität, aus der Schwarzarbeit herauszuholen und unseren Beitrag dazu zu leisten, dass die Standards besser werden und dass wir vor allen Dingen den Fachkräftemangel auch wirksam bekämpfen können. Dazu leisten wir einen Beitrag. Dafür möchte ich den Berichterstattern ganz herzlich danken.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, hace dos años, después de la pandemia, en el discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión, la presidenta Ursula von der Leyen anunció que presentaría una estrategia europea de cuidados, porque habíamos podido poner en valor la importancia de los cuidados, de los cuidadores y de los beneficiarios de estos cuidados durante la pandemia. Nos ha dicho la comisaria que el 7 de septiembre se presenta esta estrategia. Cada hombre y cada mujer puede recibir, y debe recibir, los mejores cuidados posibles y alcanzar así el mejor equilibrio de vida. Tiene que ser una prioridad europea y también nacional. Es una inversión necesaria y fundamental. Tenemos que reforzar, por lo tanto, este sistema de cuidados, aplicando lo que decía el pilar europeo de derechos sociales. Estos cuidados tienen que ser accesibles, asequibles y de calidad. Nos afectan a todos. El 80 % de los cuidados los proporcionan mujeres. Por lo tanto, lo tendremos que hacer combinando la estrategia de igualdad de género y la estrategia de discapacidad. Una Europa que cuida a los suyos es una Europa que presta mayor atención, tanto a los beneficiarios de estos cuidados, como a sus cuidadores. Por lo tanto, apoyo totalmente esta estrategia, porque significa que estaremos a la altura de los valores europeos.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, doamnă comisar, stimați colegi, în problema îngrijirii cred că sunt trei mari direcții în care trebuie să acționăm. Sigur, e de competența statelor membre. Cunosc foarte bine problema în țara mea și în țările din Est.  Avem o problemă, pe de o parte, cu cei care fac actul de îngrijire, de foarte multe ori sunt tratați fără demnitate, nu au un contract de muncă. Știm bine că din Est au plecat spre Vest foarte multe persoane pentru a lua mai mulți bani și a face acest act de îngrijire.  Pe de altă parte, avem problema celor îngrijiți. De foarte multe ori, actul de îngrijire nu este de calitate, și avem problema infrastructurii.  Doamnă comisar, dacă în strategia europeană nu vom cuprinde și buget pentru a aloca bani pentru infrastructură, pentru că, de exemplu, în țara mea, nu avem capacități pentru persoanele în vârstă, care nu pot fi îngrijite în familie și care au nevoie de aceste centre, cămine pentru persoane în vârstă, unde să fie îngrijiți corespunzător, nu vom putea rezolva situația.  Mă străduiesc de câțiva ani să conving Comisia că trebuie alocat și răspunsul pe care îl primim sistematic de la Comisie, că persoanele în vârstă trebuie să fie îngrijite în familie, este absolut absurd, pentru că sunt persoane care nu au loc în familie, nu mai au familii și pentru acest lucru trebuie să alocăm bugete de la bugetul social, de la Fondul Social, pentru a putea să avem locuri pentru aceste persoane care merită respectul nostru până în ultima zi de viață.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, durante décadas as opções de política de direita e a prevalência dos critérios do défice e da dívida sobre a justiça social têm ditado o desinvestimento público nas funções sociais do Estado, a desresponsabilização do Estado na promoção do bem-estar e na proteção das populações e a mercantilização dos cuidados, quer na saúde, quer na educação. A ausência ou carência de uma resposta pública adequada, universal e gratuita nestas matérias tem levado a que milhares de pessoas, maioritariamente mulheres, assumam informal e individualmente a prestação de cuidados a familiares próximos, transferindo para as suas costas toda a responsabilidade pelas pessoas de que cuidam, sujeitando-se a uma brutal sobrecarga física e psicológica e privando-as da sua vida pessoal e profissional. Defendemos o reforço ou a criação de redes públicas robustas, de proximidade, devidamente dotadas de meios financeiros, técnicos, materiais, infraestruturais e humanos, condições dignas de trabalho, perspetivas de evolução na carreira e salários justos, proteção e apoio aos cuidadores informais com apoio psicossocial e proteção social, formação e capacitação.  Está na hora de os Estados tomarem nas suas mãos os cuidados dos cuidadores e das pessoas cuidadas.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Helmut Geuking
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Eines ist klar: Bei diesem Bericht – also ich muss ehrlich gestehen, ich komme aus der Pflege – da klopfen zwei Herzen in meiner Brust. Auf der einen Seite erkenne ich natürlich die Notwendigkeit an, dass wir hier die Pflege europaweit stärken. Auf der anderen Seite erkenne ich aber auch an, dass die Defizite zwischen den einzelnen Ländern im Bereich der Pflege enorm groß sind und dass hier das Subsidiaritätsprinzip greifen muss. Dieser Bericht ist wenig dazu geeignet. Ich habe Sorge, dass dieser Bericht die Pflege zementiert in einer Form, die wir nicht gebrauchen können. Pflege unterliegt einem ständig werdenden Anpassungsprozess. Pflege ist ein Entwicklungsprozess, den wir ständig überprüfen, überarbeiten müssen. Pflege ist eine eigene Wissenschaft für sich, und dem wird dieser Bericht einfach nicht gerecht, das muss man so deutlich sagen. Ich wünsche mir mehr Innovation, mehr Forschung in dem Bereich Pflege. Ich wünsche mir endlich die Anerkennung der Pflege, und dieser Bericht wird europaweit an der Pflege nicht viel ändern. Ich möchte Änderungen bewirken. Ich möchte, dass die Menschen diesen Beruf wählen können, ohne einen sozialen Abstieg hinzunehmen, ohne verbraucht zu sein nach zehn, 20 Jahren. Jawohl, wir müssen im Bereich der Pflege Rahmenbedingungen schaffen, aber nicht so, wie dieser Bericht es vorgibt. Ich wünsche mir, dass wir diesen Bericht quasi vielleicht doch ablehnen, aber damit wir die Chancen dafür eröffnen, neue Wege zu gehen, sprich einen neuen Bericht, der der Pflege und den Menschen in ganz Europa auch gerecht wird.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Marc Botenga
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter! U spreekt over de noodtoestand en het belang van zorg in Europa. En dat klopt natuurlijk. Maar laten we niet blind zijn, laten we hier niet verzwijgen dat dat wel het gevolg is van concreet beleid. Eerst en vooral het besparingsbeleid dat u jarenlang hebt opgelegd aan de lidstaten. En vandaag de marktwerking die steeds meer geïntroduceerd wordt in de zorg. Marktwerking staat haaks op goede publieke zorgverlening, want daarbij gaat het erom om kosten te besparen en winsten te maximaliseren. Dan moet het personeel het doen met steeds minder middelen en met steeds minder personeel. En dan mogen de mensen die verzorgd moeten worden nog maar één keer per week onder de douche en krijgen ze niet genoeg hygiënisch materiaal enzovoorts. Dus we moeten breken met die marktwerking. De oplossing daarvoor is meer publieke investeringen en duidelijk breken met het beleid dat u tot nu toe hebt gevoerd. Dat verwacht ik van elke Europese zorgstrategie: breken met de privatiseringslogica en massaal goede publieke zorg garanderen.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Dubravka Šuica
Language: EN

A number of speakers referred to care not being an EU competence. This is what you said. There is no idea and there is no reason to interfere in the sovereignty of Member States. But what we are trying to do, we do not question the sovereignty of Member States. We are not planning to organise care at the European Union level with a care strategy. We are only setting a policy framework to better structure mutual exchanges and to better structure the EU level, so that Member States can learn from each other and the Commission supports them with EU funding and research. Nobody said that you don’t want funding, at the same time you don’t want to interfere into sovereignty, so nobody is interfering into sovereignty. But at the same time we are ready to invest in this. A few speakers also asked for care to be left for the families. Yes, all of us know that care has traditionally been a family matter, but all of us also know that family structures are changing. Families have fewer children. This is what some of you said. Family members live further apart. Women want a normal job – a normal and formal job, a normal career. And it’s not possible because of labour shortages. Therefore, we can no longer rely on family care and we need to adapt our public services. This is what we are doing. So the European care strategy will call for better working conditions and wages, supported by strong dialogue and education and training to make care jobs more attractive. And as all of you know, we do not start from scratch. Many European Union initiatives you mentioned also already address the situation of care workers. And this strategy will call for better implementation and enforcement of this  At the same time, the European care strategy will also aim to highlight the specific challenges of particularly vulnerable care workers, such as migrant workers, domestic workers and live-in carers. We will follow up on your report in finalising the care package and thank the European Parliament for the work already done on putting the spotlight on the different aspects of care. We count on your continued active cooperation in ensuring that the strategy brings concrete benefits to the lives of all in the European Union, making sure we leave no one and nowhere behind. And once again, I want to particularly thank our rapporteurs, Milan Brglez and Sirpa Pietikäinen.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Milan Brglez
Country: France
Language: SL

Najprej se še enkrat zahvaljujem za tudi to razpravo poleg vsega dela, ki je bilo opravljeno na poročilu. Pravzaprav mi je res v čast biti soporočevalec na tem področju. Tisto, kar je nekako izhajalo iz vsega, kar smo povedali, je, da je oskrba človekova pravica. Najprej človekova pravica oskrbovancev, torej tistih, ki pomoč potrebujejo, potem pa tudi človekova pravica kot pravica tistih, ki delajo. Delovni pogoji tistih, ki delajo – tako v formalni kot neformalni oskrbi – so pomembni za nas. In znotraj tega je potrebno spodbuditi proces dezinstitucionalizacije, ki pravzaprav zagotavlja neodvisno življenje vsakega na način, ki mu je prilagojen, seveda. Zdaj gre za vključitev vseh, človekove pravice vseh, in v tem je razlika med tem poročilom in alternativnim poročilom, ki zanika človekove pravice vseh. V osnovi je oskrba temelj evropskega načina življenja. Brez tega ni evropskega načina življenja, zato moramo na drugačen način vrednotiti sam sektor oskrbe in zagotoviti spolno enakost in enakopravnost. Brez ženskega dela ta sektor ne deluje. Ampak ne more na trajnostni način delovati naprej, zato ga je treba prevrednotiti. Vrednote – potrebna je solidarnost med generacijami, da bo lahko prišlo do bolj vzdržnega načina življenja. Tudi v osnovi odpornosti in trajnosti je pravzaprav skrbstvo. Brez posvečanja skrbstvu in zlasti javnemu dobru in javnim investicijam skrbstvu ne bo te trajnosti. In zaradi tega pravim, da je to področje tako pomembno, vse od otroškega varstva, na kar smo že pozorni, dolgotrajne oskrbe, skrbi za tiste s posebnimi potrebami, za vse oblike oskrbe, ki jo pravzaprav potrebujemo. Brez tega Evropa obstane ali pade.
Debate: Common European action on care
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Sirpa Pietikäinen
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Commissioner Šuica, you quite rightly said that at the Conference on the Future of Europe, citizens’ first priority was the care and social sector and the EU’s improvements there. And it is true that access to care is a human right. It is a constitutional right and it is the EU’s duty to take care of that. And so, no, it does not touch with the subsidiarity. We demand and we ensure that there is universal access to care when it is needed. Then it is up to the Member States how they organise it – public or private, informal/formal, community-based, personal budgeting – there are millions of ways and this is clearly said in the report. We do not touch with the subsidiarity. It is in no way threatened and there is no pressure on it. But if the quality and human rights is a pressure to the subsidiarity of Member States, then I really do wonder. Then, yes, I agree that it would be wonderful to also encourage the better use of digitalisation, research and innovation and the benefit of this knowledge at European level. This is the right place for the EU to support the Member States and to create programmes and platforms, as it is called in this report, to support Member States’ development.  Last but not least, if Member States, by themselves, could solve the care issues, they would have done so already. And if they could take care of the cross-border needs of 8 million new people to be demanded in the sector, it would have happened already.