What Henk Jan spoke about.

Mr President, Commissioner, highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in cattle in the United States. It is worrying that the virus now also appears to spread in cattle and even from cow to cow. More and more mammal species are becoming infected. Humans, too, are ultimately mammals. The WHO therefore warns that this pandemic can also spread to humans in animals. I call on the Commission

Madam President, in this new pharmaceutical legislation, steps forward are being taken to reduce AMR (antimicrobial resistance). AMR is a suicide killer that can cause the next pandemic. Resistant pathogens threaten us not only directly, but also indirectly. Ordinary surgeries, like knee or heart operations, will no longer be possible if there are no antibiotics to cure simple infections that can

Mr President, Commissioner, as the first Dutch veterinarian in the European Parliament, I think it is a very special privilege to draw attention to an animal welfare issue that has particularly affected me in my second speech here. 23 years ago, on 20 March 2001, foot-and-mouth disease broke out in the Netherlands. Vaccination has been banned in the European Union since 1991, resulting in the larg