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dcterms:Date	"2011-01-18"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, many in this House will remember that at first reading, this was an extremely hot topic, and I think we are hearing only some of the differences between us. There were concerns about whether market forces would win out over services of general interest; and that people who were concerned about patients’ rights to choose, and to travel, were being pitted against those who were asking which patients would actually exercise that choice. I think what we have, at the end of the day, is a reasonable compromise. As people have pointed out, in cases where things are medically necessary, with a need for urgent treatment, we already have a system in place under social security coordination. This directive is more concerned with the market system, with choice, and with people’s ability to choose where to go, and to have money follow them. So we have clarity now, in that Member States can put in place systems to enable them to ensure that needs can be met. This directive should also be welcomed because it deals with issues around the legal dimension and legal certainty: with where responsibility for follow-up treatment lies; with the question of redress if there are problems; and with issues around ensuring that procedures are carried out by qualified medical professionals. On the issue of rare diseases, we have also achieved a compromise that is better than what we were pursuing first time round. As people have said, for many patients, this will work well, but we also need to take care of our patients in our own Member States."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Green Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jean Lambert,"1 "on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group."1
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