Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-12-12-Speech-3-332"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:1 December 2007: World AIDS Day (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071212.30.3-332"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-12-12-Speech-3-3332
lpv:speaker	lp:Vittorio Agnoletto2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am a doctor who has been working with AIDS for twenty years and I have to say that, frankly, I would have expected much more detailed and pragmatic proposals from the Commission. In the European Union, sexual relations are the main channel of transmission. To be more specific: 1) Is the Commission urging all the Member States to organise sex education classes in schools? 2) Is it urging Member States to introduce price controls on condoms which are at present the only way of blocking sexual transmission? In Europe the second main channel of transmission is intravenous, especially among those using drugs. What, then, is the Commission doing to urge Member States to implement damage limitation strategies which are the only way in which intravenous transmission can be reduced among those who are unable, cannot or do not want to give up drugs? As regards the rest of the world, I would have expected the Commission to come here and tell us: after eight months of deadlock with Parliament, we note that Parliament has voted to amend Article 6 of the TRIPS Agreement and, while that that has not led to any amendment, the Commission is committed to fighting to amend the WTO rules. At present, the TRIPS rules allow multinationals to hold patents for twenty year with the result that drugs do not get to Africa. We have heard absolutely nothing about that! If those rules are not changed, speaking of Africa is no more than hot air! Lastly, how is it possible, when everyone is talking about the fight against AIDS, that you have Commissioner Mandelson writing letters to the Thai Government asking it not to pass laws making it possible to distribute generics and, in his letters, sponsoring and naming companies such as Sanofi-Avensis? In my view, the Commission should have something to say about that!"@en1

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