Chairpersons of the Committees on
Health, Research and Digital Affairs
from the national parliaments
of the European Union
and the European Parliament
10 July 2020
Enclosures: 2
Erwin Rüddel, MdB
Chairman of the Committee on Health
Dr Ernst Dieter Rossmann, MdB
Chairman of the Committee on
Education, Research and Technology
Assessment
Manuel Höferlin, MdB
Chairman of the Committee on the
Digital Agenda
German Bundestag
Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin
Invitation
Dear Chairpersons,
Dear Colleagues,
The Covid-19 pandemic has far-reaching impacts on public
health, as well as on social and economic development in our
member states and across the world. It presents the European
Union with one of the greatest challenges since its foundation.
Our task is to find a coordinated way to stop the spread of the
virus, reinforce cooperation in the field of health in the
European Union, promote medical research and work in concert
to rebuild the European economies.
Against this background, we would like to invite you, as
chairpersons of the committees on health, research and digital
affairs from the national parliaments of the EU member states
and the European Parliament, to take part in the Conference
Europe in the pandemic:
research and innovation for a more resilient health system
on 7 September 2020.
In line with the work programme of the German Bundestag and
Bundesrat for the Parliamentary Dimension of the German
Presidency of the Council of the EU, we intend to discuss
current issues in the field of health and research policy in
connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. In a first session, we
plan to talk about the lessons to be learnt from the crisis for the
strengthening of healthcare systems in the EU. In a second
session, we will explore the question of how European research
policy can contribute to sustainable crisis management. In both