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"Mr President, Minister and President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, foot-and-mouth disease has arrived in France, in my own department, despite a cordon sanitaire being erected between the United Kingdom and continental Europe and despite draconian measures being taken in my country, most notably the slaughter of 20 000 sheep which arrived from Great Britain just before the decision to impose an embargo to counteract the spread of the disease.
As you can imagine, this known case of foot-and-mouth disease has raised a lot of questions and aroused a lot of fear amongst livestock farmers and rural populations. I think we can reassure consumers, since this disease cannot be transmitted to humans, but it is more difficult to quell the fears of farmers and operators in the industry who have already had to face the terrible consequences of BSE.
Nonetheless, I too want to express my determination not to succumb to panic. For almost ten years, there have been very few outbreaks and the outbreaks in 1993 in Italy and 1996 and 2000 in Greece appear to have been rapidly brought under control. In the current situation, and in the light of experience, it would appear fitting to get rid of the contaminated animals. This seems to be the most effective way of giving us hope that the source of the virus can be wiped out. At the same time, we must support the industry in this time of crisis and compensate farmers adequately so that we do not wipe out a profession as well as herds.
It is also necessary to place the fight against this virus on an international level, as it is moving around the globe. It is in Asia, in India, in Latin America and Argentina. It is in Europe; hence my questions. How did this virus get to Europe from Asia? Has the story of the on-board meals of an airline company been adequately explained? What international prevention strategies can be put in place given, on the one hand, the extreme mobility of the virus and, on the other, the importance of passenger and goods traffic across the globe? What use are international guarantees if States cover up by not making declarations or by submitting inadequate declarations to the International Office of Epizootic Diseases?
Mr President, Minister and President-in-Office, Commissioner, we really need you to explain these various aspects to us. Thank you very much."@en1
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