Recovery Plan for Europe as a Strenghtening of Social Security for European Union Citizens After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Sustainable development and environmental protection, health protection, human rights, aging societies and combating social risks are relevant issues in the European Union. The EU’s actions in the sphere of social security became even more important after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries around the world faced the specter of an economic crisis associated with lockdowns on the one hand, and a crisis in health care and the need to reorganize the health security of citizens on the other. Mitigating the health crisis and tackling the adverse effects of the economic collapse have become priorities for the European Union, which in its Recovery Plan for Europe and its main component, Next Generation EU, has paid particular attention to green and digital transformation, health security, and rebuilding economic potential, especially the potential of small and medium-sized enterprises