 Next to point number 10, it's an initiative, an own initiative opinion on mental health. I would like to ask the Rapporteur, our colleague Strouk, to take his seat by the table. And I would like also to ask our guest speaker, Sara Serdar, to take her seat. MEP Sara Serdar is the E.E. European Parliament's Rapporteur on... May I ask you to please make an effort to be silent? Thank you. It's the E.P. Rapporteur on mental health. So I would like to thank her for being with us today. And I would like to give the floor to our colleague, Strouk, the Rapporteur, for five minutes to present his opinion. Thank you very much. I would like to speak in Polish. I would also like to thank Secretary Nat for his support, the whole process of work on the opinion and to my current expert here, Dr. Mariusz Kaszubowski. Ladies and gentlemen, it is clear that we all have a common goal, to treat mental well-being as a foundation of personal and social development. That is why we have started to promote in Europe the policy of inter-sector approach to mental health through the photo of contemporary activities, not only in the sphere of health services, but also in the sphere of education, social services, culture, or farming in the area. Physical and mental well-being are not necessarily connected and must be treated equally in the context of proper financing. It is also time to end with the stigmatization of mental problems. When they can touch each of us at different stages of life. Support in mental crises should be the basic law of every European country, regardless of its views, beliefs, orientations, or financial status. A special group that should be surrounded by children and youth and a social group that seeks discrimination and threatened exclusion. It is also important to treat the policy of a friendly family within which it is recognized that families ensure a sense of security, love and belonging, which has a special meaning from the point of view of mental health. Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, we must counteract the negative phenomena of commercialization of health care, especially in the field of mental health. This causes further deepening of social inequality in the availability of medical experiences between patients. The mental well-being must be a common good in terms of its social value, and not only the good of luxury. The growing mental health problems cannot be without an important intervention, because social costs of such activities will be huge, and the results will be irreversible. Once again I would like to thank all of you for your commitment to preparing this opinion. I hope that it will be an important contribution to the work on improving the situation in Europe in terms of mental health. Thank you to all of you who have submitted your amendments. I have often reviewed some of these amendments, and I am absolutely sure that the regional committee's signal should be such that mental health for each of us, for each European person is extremely important. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Now I would like to give the floor to MEP Saracerder for five minutes. You have the floor. Thank you very much, President, and thank you very much for having me here. It's a pleasure to share with you a bit of the process that we had at the European Parliament. This is the first position of the Parliament when it comes to mental health, and it all started with us asking all together for more mental health across Europe, also after the pandemic that was very important to the High White that we cannot shed a light on this anymore. In this regard, the Commission prepared its communication in June 2023 where it lays the 20 fact-ship initiatives to support the four key objectives, and it identifies a total funding of 1.23 billion. However, the Parliament, we thought that this was not enough, and we needed more. In this regard, in the subcommittee of public health, I was named a rapporteur, where we start by forging majorities among all colleagues, and we have now a comprehensive report which was adopted in December. In this report, we start by addressing mental health determinants and evaporating on prevention of mental health conditions and promotion of mental health for all. In here, we also identify vulnerable groups, and we also highlight that at any point during your life course, you can belong to more than one vulnerable group at a time. So identifying these groups was very important to have more targeted approaches such as and these groups are children, adolescents and young adults, digitization, gender, LGBTQIA+, the work and workplace of workers, chronic illnesses such as non-communicable diseases, but also communicable diseases such as those living with HIV, elderly people and many other vulnerable groups. And here we also highlight the importance of having good data. If we have good data, we're going to have better information to have more evidence-based policies. With this, I want to also highlight another initiative that we are going to approve next week, I hope, which is the creation of the new European Health Data Space. This will allow us for us to have much more information when it comes to these conditions. We also address mental health stigma, awareness and literacy. In this regard, we ask member states to invest in better mental health literacy, empowering citizens to take healthier options for their mental health status, and that is something that we ask for. On communications, we also encourage the media to adapt their practices and communication to adhere to ethical and responsible reporting, for instance, of suicides during the news. And also we ask for more strengthening of mental health systems, even though provision of health care is a member state's competence, here with the protection of public health, we also consider that universal health coverage is essential to ensure that mental health services are reached to everyone. And we ask for this care to be provided in an integrated and multi-disciplinary way, in a multi-sectoral approach together with the educational systems, judicial health care systems and also social security systems. In this report, we also highlight the importance of early detection and how the primary care services can play an important role here. The earlier the diagnosis, the mapping, the better will be the outcome. And also here how schools and other sectors can play a role in this. For our report, it was very important also to not forget the global dimension that the EU plays a big role, and global mental health should be something that we tackle. In this regard, for instance, we ask for mental health training to be provided for those that are assisting in humanitarian settings. In regards to the conclusion of the report, we ask for three things. We encourage the biopsychosocial model and we encourage a mental health in all policies approach. And we ask for a mental health strategy at EU level with concrete indicators and goals where we want to reach. We also ask for the next European year to be the European year of mental health. And also we ask for more financial support and this should be done with a specific mission for research that should be in the next horizon program. This report was adopted with 48 to voting favour, 94 abstentions against and 32 abstentions in the parliament. It's important to highlight that we are not talking mental health as something that is consuming our resources. I'll just finish. This is a problem that can amount to 4% of the GDP in the EU and we must tackle mental health and see it as an investment and not as something that is consuming all our finances. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. The floor goes to Member Maria Victoria Navas-Pez for one minute. Let's start with the most vulnerable groups. In Navarra we have a specific mental health plan and we have incorporated in our primary focus the psychology professionals. We also have a reference protocol in Spain for suicide prevention. Directed specifically to youth, we have set up a new service. We have created an emotional well-being accessory because mental health must be priority in public health and we must change the paradigm to avoid medicalization of everyday problems, reclusion in centers, prioritizing the attention of the most vulnerable groups. We talk about childhood, women, migrant people or older people. We must reinforce public investment in prevention and attention and work in a comprehensive way beyond the health systems. We must also do it from education, social rights, youth, equality or migratory policies. The global focus of mental health must be the key to making public policies. Thank you. Member Luisa Piaccentini, you have the floor for one minute. To ensure their safety and their well-being during and after this critical period. Another point that is essential to recognize are the various social landscapes and cultural in the European Union states. Together it is respective health systems, very important. These differences mean that what can constitute the best practices or effective campaign in a member state cannot necessarily produce the same results in another state. In addition, nature and the gravity of challenges for mental health can vary significantly from one region to another. It is therefore important to recognize that the member states have the exclusive prerogative of health policies. Thank you so much. Member Erika von Kalben, you have the floor for one minute. I'm sorry, but I didn't give you the floor. I gave the floor to Member Erika von Kalben. You have the floor for one minute. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Now, Member Caroline. Sorry, sorry. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Sara Serdas, you have the floor for three minutes for final remarks. Thank you very much. Thank you for all your remarks. In regards to the parliament, we started talking about health and health. We started talking about health. We started talking about health. In regards to the parliament, we started this process with the idea that we need to work more for destigmatization. And that it's okay not to be okay. Many of you just referred that and many of the different groups, such as health workers, such as women's health. Again, this is all identified in the report when it comes to vulnerable populations. The regions play a crucial role here when it comes to promoting better mental health for all. And in this regard, our report we asked for the integration of national mental health strategies within member states and national health plans. Again, just to reinforce the idea, mental health should not be seen as a disease, but as a constant concern that we should care and forage and not dissociate it from the physical status of the individual. This was an important report that we have now from the parliament and one step closer to building a European health union that leaves no one behind. So thank you very much again for having me here. Thank you so much, Sardat, for taking the time to be with us and to share your insights about this issue. The debate on this opinion, I give the floor to the rapporteur for three minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for all your attention. It seems that this is extremely important that not only in a few interested countries, in our regions and cities, but in the entire European Union, we notice a problem. If we identify this problem on the level of even more than 80 million Europeans, then it is obvious that you have to deal with the European Commission and the national government, but also the local authorities. Therefore, as a regional committee, we pay attention to the fact that great roles can also be played and the local authorities and regional cities and towns. In the interest of our communities, our residents, we can together carry out many joint projects that will limit this phenomenon. Thank you very much to everyone who paid attention to this aspect. I do not believe that at the beginning of this work, I thought that there is a very big difference among our countries, but all countries, all European countries have emphasized that these problems exist, especially during the pandemic. And this is our great task, to change together with the Parliament, especially the new European Parliament, to lead the common policy in this area. Once again, thank you very much for your attention, that you emphasize that this is a problem for all European regions. Amendment No. 1, who votes against the amendment? It concerns certain linguistic... The amendment is adopted. Amendment No. 2 is on vote, who votes against amendment No. 2? Thank you. Abstention? Adopted. Amendment No. 3R, if adopted, Amendment No. 3 falls. Who votes against Amendment 3R? Abstention? Adopted. Amendment 4 is on vote, who votes against Amendment 4? Abstention? Adopted. Amendment 5 is on vote, who votes against? Thank you. Abstention? Who votes for? Amendment 5. Amendment 5 is rejected. May I propose you a block vote? Amendment 6 to 10. If there is no opposition, Amendment 6 to 10 are on vote, who votes against? Abstention? Adopted. Amendment 11 is on vote, who votes against? Amendment 11. Thank you. Abstention? Who votes for? Amendment 11. Adopted. Amendment 12 concerns only language issues, linguistic issues. I don't think it's necessary to vote. Proceed. May I suggest a block vote of amendments 13 to 15? If there is no opposition, the vote is open, amendments 13 to 15, who votes against? Abstention? Adopted. Amendment 16 is on vote, who votes against? Amendment 16. Thank you. Abstention? Amendment 16 is adopted. Amendment 17R is on vote, who votes against? Amendment 17R. Thank you. Abstention? Amendment 17R is adopted. Amendment 18 is on vote, who votes against? Amendment 18. Abstention? Amendment 18 is rejected. Amendment 19 is on vote, who votes against? Abstention? Adopted. amendment 20. Abstention adopted. Amendment 21 is on vote to vote against amendment 21. Thank you. Abstention. Amendment 21 is rejected. I would like to propose you a blocked vote. Amendments 22 to 26. Any opposition? If not, the vote is open for amendments 22 to 26 to votes against. Abstention adopted. Amendment 27. It's only linguistic concerns. I don't see the need to put it to vote. If there is no opposition, we proceed to vote amendment 28. If adopted, amendment 30 falls. 30. Amendment 28 is on vote to vote against amendment 28. Thank you. Abstention. Who votes for amendment 28? Electronic vote. The vote is open on amendment 28. The vote is closed. Amendment 28 was adopted. Amendment 29 is on vote to vote against amendment 29. Abstention adopted. Amendment 30 fell because amendment 28 was adopted. I would like to propose you a blocked vote. Amendments 31 to 33. Any opposition? If not, amendments 31 to 33 are on vote to vote against. Abstention adopted. No. Amendment 34 is on vote to vote against amendment 34. Thank you. Abstention. Amendment 34 is rejected. Amendment 35 is on vote to vote against amendment 35. Thank you. Abstention. Amendment 35 is rejected. Final vote on the opinion. Who votes against the opinion? Abstention. The opinion was adopted by unanimous vote. Congratulations to the rapporteur and to everyone involved in this opinion. We're going to proceed to point 11.