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".
Mr President, I have always dreamed of being the last speaker before the vote: that is a guarantee for having a lot of people in attendance, although no one really listens.
I wish to make three very brief points. The first is that my Group and I support Mr Bowis' report, which is excellent. Development policy is often seen as some kind of post-colonial deal that eases our conscience. This time it is not: it is about people and preventing epidemic diseases spreading around the world. These are issues that touch all of us and my Group therefore supports it.
My second observation is that this field needs more research. We know very little about epidemic diseases and how they spread. Extensive work is being done, but more money needs to be invested and the Commission, and indeed the European Union, could be the right source.
My final point is that we need more money. It is absolutely clear, as also pointed out in Mr Bowis' report, that funding is the main priority. For example, between the years 1975 and 1999, less than 1% of new medicines was for the treatment of tropical and epidemic diseases. We really need to do some work. What we basically need is more money and research, but my Group fully supports the report on the table."@en1
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