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"The motion for a resolution that we have adopted has laid the foundations for much-needed reflection on the European Union’s response to the spread of swine flu.
As everyone will remember, instead of finding joint solutions at that time, the Member States entrenched themselves in individualistic positions. The various national governments’ reactions were highly varied, ranging from large-scale vaccination to no vaccination at all, as in Poland. That experience should motivate us to improve coordination between the national health authorities and the European institutions, review prevention and vaccination strategies and redefine the criteria for a pandemic alert.
I would like to point out that more effective cooperation can not only lead to cost reductions in the management of such crises, not least through possible group purchasing of vaccines by the Member States, but, above all, it can ensure that people are afforded better protection, since, of course, the virus is not stopped by borders.
Lastly, I hope the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control will be given the support it deserves so that it can continue to do its job of evaluating and controlling health emergencies with complete independence."@en1
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