Regarding European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's announcement that the priorities of the European Union for 2021 were protecting human lives and jobs, Marshal Władysław Ortyl highlighted during the CoR plenary that these priorities should continue well after the pandemic.

​The CoR plenary debate took place with Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič during which ECR President Władysław Ortyl referred to the vaccination situation –"at the moment 50% of adults have received their first dose. This is not good news. 80% is our target". The Marshal called for more action especially if we "want to meet friends and get back to normal again". In addition, he said that local and regional authorities should be informed when the EU orders and delivers vaccines: "it would be good practice to inform local and regional authorities. They have been involved too little and often they are at the heart of implementing a lot of healthcare measures".

Marshal Ortyl concluded to say that in general, a lot of lessons can be learnt from the pandemic, the pandemic has shown us where the weaknesses are such. He also called for more reasearch to be done "in particular for achieving economic autonomy", he stated.

The plenary took place in a hybrid format on 30 June and 1 July.