Just ahead of Várhelyi’s appointment, European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, had said that she wanted the new commissioner for health, once appointed, to “step up the implementation of the current framework [for medical devices] and evaluate the need for potential changes.”

She also called on the then commissioner-designate to “hit the ground running on day one” and within the first 100 days of the receiving his mandate, to prepare a European action plan on the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers.

His speech at the European Parliament was made just within that 100 day deadline.

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