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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030407.4.1-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-07-Speech-1-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Frédérique Ries2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-02-11)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-06-11)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-02-11)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-02-11)3 unknown; Parti réformateur libéral/Front démocratique des francophones (1999-07-20--2004-02-11)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, on behalf of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, I would like to send my condolences to the families of the victims – a total of 100, as the Commissioner has said – of this epidemic of atypical pneumonia. This virus, as we have also said, is spreading at the speed of air travel over the whole planet, in particular in South-East Asia and Canada. Europe so far appears to have been spared, relatively speaking. The Commissioner has given the current figures in the Member States and the candidate countries. I would also like to thank him for his detailed description of the two-way exchange of information between the WHO and the EU monitoring system. At this stage, what can be said? First of all, I believe there is cause for concern, if we refer to the statements made by a WHO spokesman, who said that this will be complex and could be a very long-term project. In short, the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic seems to be a real race against time for health authorities and researchers all over the world, in particular as far as treatment is concerned. Secondly, we do have grounds for reassuring European citizens, as far as we can, as the Commissioner stated in a press release that only those suffering from the disease are infectious, which facilitates traceability. That said, however, it should be stated here that it is impossible not to be disgusted by the Chinese Government’s behaviour, which was both thoughtless and irresponsible. It took the Chinese Minister for Health almost five months after this virus first appeared to make the information public. Having said this, I shall return to Europe to end on the most important point. It should be noted here that this new crisis provides yet another argument for the case of those, including the previous speakers and, of course, myself, who want public health in the broadest sense to become a shared competence of the Union. This would be more appropriate now than ever, at a time when we are drawing up our draft Constitution. I am convinced that, in the long run, the crisis will lead to progress in this ‘Europe of Health’ and speed up the project mentioned by the Commission to set up a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control based on the model of the Atlanta CDC by 2005."@en1

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