Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-13-Speech-2-141"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-05-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030513.6.2-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-13-Speech-2-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there are two things that are giving rise to fear at the moment: the absence of a vaccine for the virus that has been found and a fear that the authorities, both national and European, are not properly geared for dealing with a virus which knows no boundaries. No virus has the capacity to comprehend the notions of subsidiarity, proportionality and territoriality. It simply passes around as it chooses. Therefore Member States should drop the notion that they are in some way protecting their populations by defending the idea of sovereignty, or indeed the idea that they are protecting their economies by pleading subsidiarity and proportionality. It is important that we back the Commissioner's proposal for a centre for communicable diseases, but we should be insisting that every Member State put money up front for this centre. It is nonsense to try to ensure that we have a body which in the long term will deal with communicable diseases but which will not have the resources to do its job effectively. What I have not heard today – perhaps I missed it because I was a bit late for the President-in-Office's speech at the beginning – is what progress has been made in relation to finding a vaccine. I know some progress has been made in identifying the virus, but what progress has been made in identifying a vaccine for us? I know that there are concerns in Greece in relation to the Olympics due to take place in 2004, and that various discussions are taking place on this matter. In my own country, Ireland, we have the Special Olympics in June of this year; around 7 000 athletes will be travelling from 166 states across the world. 500 of these 7 000 athletes will be coming from areas affected by SARS. There are clearly concerns in Ireland, especially in those towns hosting these particular athletes. I for one am not calling for a ban on the Special Olympics. I want it to go ahead, but I want to reassure people that adequate measures are being taken at European and national levels to ensure that the SARS virus does not spread."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PETI (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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