Markos Kyprianou
Markos Kyprianou
Márkos Kyprianoúis a Cypriot politician who served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion. A member of the Democratic Party, he was formerly Cyprus's Finance Minister and the European Commissioner for Health. He tendered his resignation as Commissioner on 29 February 2008 to become Foreign Minister in the government of newly elected President Dimitris Christofias; the resignation took effect on 3 March 2008,...
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A global threat needs a global response. The European Commission will play an important role in that respect. We have to take the health and economic impact into account.
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The fact we have avian flu in Europe does not affect the possibility of a human influenza pandemic.
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It's better late than never. The EU is interested in cooperating with Asia to solve the problem.
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The message is that it's safe to consume poultry meat and eggs in the European Union.
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We want a temporary ban. The proposal of the Commission today will be for one month so we have the time for further studies and research,
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We cannot only look at short-term measures, we have to look at building the infrastructure.
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There should be enough to cover the percentage of the population that each member state decides needs protection.
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It is understandable that the public is concerned but they need not be unduly alarmed as all the necessary measures are being, and will continue to be, taken.
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Then we will decide when the month expires ... whether we should renew it, or amend it or limit it.
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Then we'll know how well these plans work.
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But until we deal with the problem at source, the EU can never feel safe.
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We clearly want to do our utmost to prevent the spread of this devastating epidemic to the EU,
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It is a highly pathogenic and aggressive virus and we in the European Union have to deal with that.
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Given that the virus is everywhere now, it's a problem that will stay for some time.