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"Mr President, I voted in favour of the Council and Commission statements on addressing the EU diabetes epidemic. Health care provision is primarily a Member State responsibility, but the modest proposals put forward would have a positive impact in the field of diabetes research.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects almost 10% of the total EU population and accounts for over 10% of expenditure across the EU in health care. With an ageing European population, these figures are expected to increase.
We believe that an EU strategy at the level of consensus on the public health aspects would help to improve cooperation between the Member States and provide a mechanism to share best medical practice between health care professionals from across the European Union in primary prevention diagnosis management and monitoring. I support the calls for continued research funding under the European framework programmes.
I declare a personal interest, being both a medical doctor and a middle-aged man and being overweight with a strong family history of diabetes, so I am at a high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, which actually – very sadly – killed my late grandfather."@en1
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