Europe is largely dependent on Asian manufacturers to supply daily medicine. The committee promised to deal with the weakness of the new legal province within 100 days of a new order. Ministers want to check whether European plans are as comprehensive as possible to solve the tribe.
“Europe can no longer afford to treat medical security as a second issue. The Critical Medicines Act added that in order to ensure the strategic autonomy of the continent, it would be a serious miscalculation that could change our dependence on serious medicines into the heels of Achilles’ European security.
The European government wants to increase weapons, cyber and aviation defense spending up to 800 billion euros as part of rear driving. Chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der liyen On Friday Friday, the government said it should be able to increase national spending on defense without being disturbed by the EU rules. Even germanyEuropean financial police officers want to make a strict expenditure limit so that military spending can increase.
The letter said, “Security is now the main priority of European leaders. This security paradigm should include medical systems and constraints. ” Pharmaceuticals are not only citizen health but also for military and emergency scenarios.
The ministers cited the US Defense Production Act and designated the pharmaceutical supply chain as a national security issue. For example. This allows the government to invest directly to increase domestic medical production and to issue a priority contract that first prioritizes government orders.
“In a similar context, the European Commission must accelerate the effort to map and evaluate vulnerability within the supply chain of these important drugs. If the weaknesses are confirmed, Europe should act decisively and increase domestic production if possible. ”
Europe was deprived of health spending after the end of Covid-19 Pandemic. Last year, the revision of the 2021-27 budget accounted for nearly 1 billion euros in the EU4HEALTH program, and now there is an allocation of 4.4 billion euros during this period.
