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"Madam President, Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases are dreadful. I believe that many of us who have seen a relative affected by Alzheimer’s know how it can destroy a previously healthy person and how painful it is for family and other relatives, and I feel very strongly that we need to invest more resources in researching this terrible disease.
It is clear that we need to take new steps to better coordinate our knowledge and research in Europe, and the Commission’s pilot initiative aims to mobilise the best researchers we have to attempt to understand, cure and prevent both Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related diseases.
Within the framework of the current troika between France, the Czech Republic and now Sweden, we discussed at an early stage the importance of including Alzheimer’s as a joint priority issue in the context of the work relating to public health. The French Presidency held a very important conference, as one of the honourable Members mentioned, and the Swedish Presidency held a conference in September on dignified ageing, with Alzheimer’s as one of the items on the agenda.
As I said, the Council intends to adopt conclusions on this on 3 December, and we will, of course, take into account the excellent resolution that you have produced and that you will vote on tomorrow. I am certain that the issue of Alzheimer’s will come up again within the framework of the research programme and similar initiatives in the very near future, so thank you very much for raising this very important issue."@en1
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