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"Mr President, it is a shame that we have given our Commissioners such little time on what is a key issue for European citizens and the rest of the world. As Chair of the Committee on Development, I will limit myself to the issues in West Africa and leave the issues concerning Europe to my colleagues from the Committee on the Environment. Commissioner Georgieva, you have talked about efforts having been stepped up since we last met in September here in the plenary, and that is good, but you have also given us some dreadful figures. It is good that you met today as a council and it is good that we have the pledges, but what worries me is that the big NGOs on the ground, like MSF, Oxfam and UNICEF, are telling me that they are not feeling that effort on the ground – that we are talking about it and pledging money but that nothing is changing for them. My question is: when will this change? Have you got a grid with all these commitments? Is there a list of when the medical facilities are going to open? Who is going to staff them? Do we know which countries have pledged which doctors and healthcare professionals? On medevac, we keep hearing good news from the Commission, but healthcare professionals tell me that it is not happening on the ground. If you have that information, could you share it with Parliament, as it is extremely important. We have a window until Christmas, as you have said. We do not want 10 000 cases a week. We have got to get this short-term crisis under control and then look at the lessons to be learned, and that is what the Committee on Development will be doing, under the guidance of Mr Goerens. Finally, I would just like to thank Commissioner Borg, on what is probably his last appearance here in plenary, for all the work he has done on health over many, many years. Commissioner Georgieva, you will be here in a different capacity, and we also look forward to working with you."@en1
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