Brussels/Frankfurt, 26 November 2021 – Commenting on the EU-Commission's new Corona Recommendations to secure freedom of movement in Europe, Thilo Brodtmann, Executive Director at VDMA, says:

Today, the European Parliament is set to adopt a resolution calling for the rapid realisation of a European Social Security Pass, which was first announced in the European Social Pillar Action Plan. The Socialists and Democrats want the European Social Security Pass to allow the real-time verification of a worker’s place of work, place of employment, employment relationship, identity and social security benefits. It must cover all mobile citizens and workers, as well as the self-employed and third country nationals.

This year’s Poul la Cour Award goes to Anne Velenturf, a Senior Research Fellow in Circular Economy at the University of Leeds. She has conducted important research in the fields of recyclability of renewables infrastructure and the circular economy. And her work contributes greatly to a sustainable wind industry development.

The European Parliament has adopted a report calling for increased use of off-patent medicines in Europe to improve patient access, highlighting lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic and urging the European institutions to address them directly in future healthcare policy initiatives.