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"Mr President, Commissioner, first I would like to welcome this strategy on alcohol which the Commission is proposing, precisely because it seeks to resolve the problem through prevention and education by publicising guidelines for moderate, responsible drinking.
I would also like to congratulate Mr Foglietta on his prudent report, but I would say once again that it is not alcoholic drinks
that should be criminalised but abuse of them.
Moderate consumption of fermented drinks such as wine or beer by healthy adults is not only unharmful but even good for one’s health and can form part of a balanced diet. Moderate consumption may protect the body from cardiovascular and degenerative diseases, as has been shown in many scientific reports.
Consumers are entitled to full, truthful information on the risks and benefits to health of alcohol consumption, but the appropriateness of health warnings on wine and beer labels must be called into question given that they have been shown to be ineffective in countries where they have been adopted.
Specifically, there is no scientific evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of health warnings on labels in terms of preventing abusive consumption. Moreover, specific labelling for pregnant women would also appear to be ineffective.
The best ways to achieve the objectives set out are good awareness-raising and educational campaigns directed especially at pregnant women and young people.
I would also like to say that the recently established Forum on health and alcohol, which brings all interested parties together with the objective of combating excessive, abusive alcohol consumption, appears to me to be a very appropriate initiative and I hope that the Forum’s conclusions can also help to resolve this problem.
Finally, I would like to point out that the phenomenon of drunkenness in young people has gone hand in hand with a reduction in the
consumption of wine in the European Union. I think that this is something to bear in mind because the issue is a good deal more complex than it would appear."@en1
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