Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-16-Speech-4-044"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community action programme in the field of health (2007-2013) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060316.5.4-044"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-16-Speech-4-0452
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne Ferreira2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, firstly I should like, as other Members have done, to express my approval of the decision not to merge the health and consumer protection areas of the Community action plan within the field of health and consumer protection. Quite apart from the different nature of the European Union’s competences in these two fields, health policy cannot be regarded as a consumer good. Although I support the introduction of ‘e-Health’, this must not be used to provide a covert means of testing out an information policy. I thank Mr Trakatellis for proposing a considerable increase in the budget allocation for this programme, an increase that is necessary if we are to see our objectives and actions brought to a successful conclusion. More funding would have been preferable in view of the challenges to be faced, but we shall already have cause for a certain satisfaction if the Council agrees to increase the funding allocations for health within the context of the financial perspective for 2007–2013. I wish to emphasise two priorities. Firstly, we must improve cooperation and coordination in the field of health in order to respond more rapidly to cross-border health threats. Had that been the case, we should have been able now to avoid the extent of the spread of the chikungunya epidemic. This ought to prompt the European Union, the Member States and the pharmaceutical laboratories to establish a system for monitoring and for research into these kinds of disease, which may be rare in terms of world population but are catastrophic at a local level. My second priority is this: to achieve the objective of a better standard of health for all Europeans, we must take into account the impact of environmental and social living conditions on health. In order to treat certain illnesses better we have to address the causes. Everyone knows that people who are vulnerable and socially excluded are more prone than others to certain diseases. We have to help the weakest. If the Member States made rapid progress in these two areas, our people would feel a little more protected by the European Union."@en1

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