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"This is an extremely serious issue. The French Presidency of the Council attaches the utmost importance to Alzheimer’s disease and to other neurodegenerative diseases. This is an issue that affects every family in Europe at some point. We must tackle the issue head-on, unless we want to be overtaken by the ageing European population.
As announced on 1 July by President Barroso and President Sarkozy, together we must prepare a European plan to tackle Alzheimer’s disease based on three pillars: research, patient care and quality of life, and ethics and legal aspects, particularly with regard to those involved in treating this disease.
It is in this context that the French Presidency will hold a ministerial conference in Paris on 30 and 31 October entitled ‘Europe against Alzheimer’s Disease’. This conference will focus on the disease, but will also tackle other related diseases such as Pick disease, Binswanger’s disease and Lewy body disease.
We will cover all of these diseases so that we can look at how to reconcile the care given to patients with social support, how to tailor professions and skills according to patients’ needs, how to expand our knowledge – in other words, everything to do with research and medical expertise – and how to ensure better coordination of research programmes in various European countries, as well as how to find out about the latest scientific results concerning this disease and the development of new drugs.
There is no question that the European dimension can and must provide a significant impetus for the various campaigns to tackle these diseases. The results of the ministerial conference will help provide a basis for the conclusions of the European Council next December, although we are fully aware that this is a work in progress.
This will be a long-term project and it is vital that subsequent presidencies, starting with the Czech and Swedish Presidencies, continue the good work. Knowing how sensitive the European Parliament is, I know that we can count on your support, as well as on the commitment of the European Commission, to provide the continuity that is needed."@en1
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