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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning in the European Community (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060613.24.2-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-13-Speech-2-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Groen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there is a proverb according to which ‘forewarned is forearmed’. I think that today’s debate should be seen in that light. At the risk of sounding defeatist or spreading panic, it is a good thing that the EU and the Member States are preparing for the possibility of a bird flu pandemic among humans. Mr Adamou’s report does a good job of summarising what is at stake and the calm, yet bold, ways in which the authorities must tackle this problem. In my view, what is crucial in this respect is paragraph 23, which calls for structured and multidisciplinary cooperation between experts, experts in human and animal health, specialists in the areas of virology, epidemiology, pathology and agriculture. The input of communication experts cannot be underestimated either, though. These are people who can translate complex scientific findings in a simple but correct manner intended for the public at large. All this expertise should, in my view, and also according to Mr Adamou’s report, be pooled in a European influenza working party that should also team up with the manufacturers. We will need to invest in overcoming national chauvinism. There is no justification for certain Member States, often the most cash-rich ones, buying up, at this stage, the production capacity of antiviral drugs with certain manufacturers and refusing to display the slightest solidarity with those countries that are not capable of doing the same. That is why we certainly endorse paragraph 30, in which the Commission is expressly asked to guarantee that there are sufficient antiviral drugs and vaccines for those who are exposed to the virus. Commissioner Kyprianou, your introduction addresses this issue in detail. You said that there is no legal justification for this. You also said that in principle, a number of Member States are in agreement, but when the chips are down, refuse to make the funds available. I would like to ask you, when you respond, to make known in full transparency the names of the Member States that refuse to act in solidarity."@en1

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