Procedures
302 votesAn EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
Fund and implement national strategies to recruit one million healthcare workers, improve working conditions, and recognize professional qualifications across all Member States.
Resolution on the post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya
Demand independent investigations into opposition violence and killings in Zambia while requiring the EU to monitor human rights and support civil society.
Resolution on political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro
Demand the immediate release of Cuban political prisoners, the repeal of repressive penal laws, and the suspension of EU cooperation agreements with targeted sanctions.
Resolution on the deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung
Demand the immediate release of Hong Kong political prisoners, the repeal of national security laws, EU sanctions on responsible officials, and suspended extradition treaties.
Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions
Require sex-disaggregated data in EU-funded research, fund women's health research, and mandate medical training to eliminate gender disparities in healthcare.
Written Explanations
Written explanations of vote submitted after plenary sessions.
Resolution on reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia
The Bulgarian S&D delegation, while recognising the need of full support to Ukraine, still has serious concerns about some provisions in this resolution that, in our view, threaten the prospects for peace and risk further military escalation and destabilisation with global implications. The call to grant Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles against targets within Russia, as well as to provide such weapons would escalate the conflict and potentially expand the war. The resolution also calls for NATO allies to collectively and individually commit no less than 0.25 % of their GDP annually to military support for Ukraine. That is neither realistic nor sustainable and goes well beyond the EP responsibilities, interfering with the sovereign rights of Member States to define their financial, foreign and defence policy, especially on such sensitive issue. Those key votes for our delegation have been lost, so we could not support the proposed motion for a resolution and voted against it as a whole.
No written explanations available.