Europe’s Strategy for beating cancer: the long-term effects for our health; A reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management of medicines and medical devices; The role of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the energy and economic strategies of the European Union; International conference: ‘How to reform the Union for the future of Europe?’

Europe’s Strategy for beating cancer: the long-term effects for our health

Tomorrow, 27 November, a webinar organised and hosted by the ECR Group’s Andrey Slabakov will bring together Members of the European Parliament, representatives from the European Commission and Bulgarian Ministry of Health, international oncology experts and the pharmaceutical industry for a virtual roundtable discussion on the EU’s approach to fighting cancer. In light of an upcoming vote of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer, Mr Slabakov has invited stakeholders to the table to discuss the expected impacts of the Beating Cancer Plan, not only at a policy level, but for real patients, for those at risk, and for cancer survivors. The event aims to highlight both the strong and weak points underlying the European strategy on cancer and any potential for its improvement.

Main speakers are Andrey Slabakov, ECR MEP, Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer; Joanna Kopcinska, ECR MEP, Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer; Prof. Dobrin Konstantinov, MD, PhD – Head, Pediatric Clinical Hematology and Oncology Department, “Tsaritsa Johanna” Hospital, Sofia; Assoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova, MD, PhD – Head of Medical Oncology Clinic at the Center of Clinical Excellence, Pleven; Ivana Cattaneo – Vice-Chair, EFPIA Oncology Platform.

When: Saturday 27 November @ 9:30 – 16:30 CET

You can follow the live broadcast on YouTube (EN) and Facebook (BG).

More information is available on the ECR Group website.

A reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management of medicines and medical devices

On Tuesday, Members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will vote on an inter-institutional agreement to reinforce the role for the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The ECR Group welcomes that the text fully addresses concerns over subsidiarity. ECR Shadow Rapporteur Joanna Kopcińska considers the deal an important upgrade to the EU’s health architecture. It will ensure that the EU has the medicines needed to cope with public health emergencies. Under the agreement, the EMA will establish a special platform to help monitor the supply and demand of medicinal products and create a public website featuring information about which key medicines are vulnerable to shortages. In addition, two EU-funded steering groups will deal with such shortages, with summaries of their procedures and recommendations still to be disclosed. Data protection provisions will also be strengthened, safeguarding transfers of personal data in the context of the new EMA mandate.

Vote: Tuesday 30 November @ 9:00

The role of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the energy and economic strategies of the European Union

On Monday, ECR MEP Izabela Kloc will host an online event on the role of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the energy and economic strategies of the European Union. Politicians and experts will exchange views over one of the most important regulatory instruments that the European Union intends to use to maintain its economic competitiveness in the era of the European Green Deal.

When: Monday @ 10:00

You can follow the live broadcast here.

More information is available on the website of the ECR Group.

International conference: ‘How to reform the Union for the future of Europe?’

On Friday, the ECR Group will host an international expert conference in Warsaw on the future of the European Union, entitled: “How to reform the Union for the future of Europe”. Notable figures from academia will come together across three discussion panels, entitled: ‘How to properly define common European values, and how to work these values into the Treaties’, ‘How to reform the institutional system of the EU’ and ‘Change of the Treaty: How to transpose the proposed institutional form into a legal framework’.

Panellists include ECR Co-Chairman Professor Ryszard Legutko; Professor Zdzislaw Krasnodebski, Chairman of the ECR working group on Institutional Reform; Professor David Engels, historian, Free University of Brussels/Institute for Western Affairs; Professor Renato Cristin, philosopher, University of Trieste; Max-Erwann Gastineau, essayist, journalist, Le Figaro; Dr Justyna Schulz, economist, director of the Institute for Western Affairs; Professor Francisco José Contreras, Spanish MP, jurist, University of Seville; Joachim Imad, political scientist, director of the Fondation Res Publica; Professor Jacek Czaputowicz, former
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, political scientist, University of Warsaw; Professor Lucas Bergkamp, lawyer, Environment Strategy Council; Professor Przemyslaw Saganek, jurist, Polish Academy of Sciences; Professor Genowefa Grabowska, jurist, Instytut De Republica; Professor Dietrich Murswiek, jurist, University of Freiburg; Professor Magdalena Bainczyk, jurist, Institute for Western Affairs; Jacek Karnowski, journalist; and Bronislaw Wildstein, author, columnist.

When: Friday @ 9:30 - 14:15 CET

Live broadcast in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian via the ECR Group YouTube channel.

More information is available on the website of the ECR Group.