Challenges for urban areas in the post-COVID-19 era

Reference A9-0352/2021Committee REGI

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S&D145

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Greens/EFA73

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The European Parliament adopted by 524 votes to 33, with 143 abstentions, a resolution on the challenges for urban areas in the post-COVID-19 era.Members recalled that 72% of people in the EU live in cities and towns and that these must be directly involved in the post-COVID-19 recovery. Efforts should not only focus on the health consequences of COVID-19, but also address persistent inequalities in access to essential resources such as healthcare, education and digitalisation, increased risks of gender-based violence, job losses that are greater in large cities than elsewhere, as well as the lack of green areas and transport infrastructure.To the list of existing challenges, we can add the climate emergency and demographic challenges. The…