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"Madam President, I would first of all like to thank Ms McAvan for her quick, precise and accurate work on the subject. I believe that this is a matter of special importance, and stands as proof that this is an issue in which the Commission and Parliament are capable of cooperation. I hope that this cooperation will soon result in the agreement that is essential for the settlement of the issue. There are some very important matters that this case revealed. Firstly, deficiencies still remain in respect of safety risk warnings. I cannot stress enough that this is once again a case where it is the poorest and least educated who are the most vulnerable.
After all, as my fellow Members, including Mr Liese, pointed out, the descriptions of the side effects of drugs are long and complicated. Most people do not even read these, or are unable to understand their contents. This is one of the reasons why it is important to regain the trust of patients by responding rapidly and accurately to cases of abuse, which can, unfortunately, occur in this field as well. We need only think back to the situation of four or five years ago, where the distribution of H1N1 vaccines caused considerable internal political tensions in Hungary, for example. However, this did not just happen in Hungary but in several other European countries as well.
I still remember the stand made by a Polish minister who herself encouraged the Polish people to not take this vaccine, arguing that the side effects were uncertain, and that children and pregnant women should not be exposed to risks that have not yet been investigated due to insufficient time. I therefore believe that rapid response is a responsibility of the EU, and this procedure, too, proves that it is capable of such a response. In important cases where the health and lives of our citizens are at stake, we are capable of setting aside our political disputes to follow a common path to achieve significant results together. I believe that this report exemplifies that it is worth encouraging cooperation in this matter. I very much hope that this, too, will produce quick results."@en1
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