Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-09-25-Speech-4-022"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Social package (Second part: Cross-border healthcare) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080925.4.4-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-09-25-Speech-4-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Bernadette Vergnaud2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Bachelot-Narquin, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, following my own-initiative report on health services that Parliament adopted on 23 May 2007, the Commission is now proposing, as part of the social package, a directive addressed solely at patients’ rights in regard to cross-border health care. I am, therefore, very sorry this text shows so little ambition and does not take account of the many internal challenges that need to be resolved in order to combat the growing inequalities in the health sector, such as the ageing population, social inequalities, geographical segregation and medical demography problems. On an issue that is so vital to the citizens of Europe, the Council and Parliament cannot, therefore, simply codify the Court of Justice’s rulings. We need to find a certain balance, which will safeguard both the rights of patients – who are not merely consumers – to cross-frontier care, and equal access for all to quality care, with solidarity-based responsibility; to ensure social and territorial cohesion and respect for the principle of subsidiarity. There is still a worrying grey area in relation to definitions, such as prior authorisation and the concept of hospital care. We need clarification here, so as not to open the door to discrimination that might give rise to a two-speed health system within Europe instead of creating added value in Europe. Health has no price but does have a cost; the directive, on the other hand – and that is a good thing – reaffirms both the principle of subsidiarity and the need for closer cooperation to bring the medical research networks and patient information centres closer together. The debate will begin; it must be an in-depth and fruitful debate, rather than a precipitate one, and must be shared by all the players involved, with the object of constructing a genuine European social model."@en1
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