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"Mr President, Commissioner Vassiliou, Minister Bachelot-Narquin, Europe has an important duty to help guarantee everyone high-quality and affordable healthcare, close to home if possible or abroad if necessary. So I am very grateful to you, Commissioner, for your initiative which unquestionably has many positive aspects in terms of guaranteeing quality and safety, information to the patient, more European cooperation, e-Health, reference networks and so on.
I also agree with you, Minister, when you say that it is not a good thing to leave rulings on patient mobility to the Court of Justice and that there is a need for legislation here. I agree too with the view of Mr Bowis and Mrs Lambert that we ought perhaps to think about a better balance in the matter of prior authorisation of patient mobility, because that prior authorisation is an important instrument of Member States' planning and policy.
A few other questions remain, Commissioner, about the fees to be charged, and mechanisms to prevent patient mobility leading to waiting lists in certain countries. But I am sure, ladies and gentlemen, that these are questions and concerns which we shall be able to resolve as we discuss this directive further.
Once again, thank you for your initiative, Commissioner. And we look forward, Minister, to cooperating with you."@en1
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