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Madam President, I am glad that the Commissioner is here tonight and I am glad that this issue has now been given some sense of urgency. As you said, nobody is talking about ‘if’. It is only a question of ‘when’ there will be a pandemic.
Citizens will not expect the European Union to micro-manage a pandemic, but they will expect it to add value. They know that diseases travel and they will expect the European Union quickly to put into place measures concerning people travelling and the movement of animals. We would like to hear that those measures are in place so that such arrangements could be made quickly. I would be interested to hear feedback on your planning for a real exercise. It would be useful for us to know how it goes.
On the issue of vaccines, I am pleased with what you said. We need a coordinated approach to vaccines. If we can get the pharmaceutical companies to work with Member States and the Commission we are more likely to get a quicker reaction if the pandemic breaks out. We need a prototype.
I understand that we cannot stockpile the vaccine, but I understand that it is possible to develop prototype vaccines in advance, which can then be very quickly adapted for the strain when it emerges.
Mr Bowis is right that we have a primary responsibility to our citizens to get these things right. What worries me is the impact that this will have on the poorest people on our planet. In 1918 one of the reasons why so many millions died was because so many lived in dire poverty, both in the area that is now the European Union and across the rest of the world.
Commissioner, you did not mention anything about inter-service consultations with the Development Commissioner. Is there anything that is being done in the Commission to look at aid policies for the developing countries and to make sure that the EU sees some solidarity with those countries, as well as planning for what would happen within the European Union?"@en1
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