– (FR) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it was in 1998 that the Committee on Petitions received two petitions with a total of over 1 000 signatures, which, as Mrs Stihler has said, were those of women concerned about this issue or who had themselves suffered, and who asked Europe to consider the problems presented by breast implants, especially those made of silicon.
- Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, chers collègues, en 1998, deux pétitions totalisant plus de 1000 signatures étaient adressées à la commission des pétitions. Elles émanaient de femmes inquiètes ou victimes, comme l'a dit d'ailleurs Mme Stihler, lesquelles demandaient à l'Europe de se pencher sur les problèmes posés par les implants mammaires, et notamment les implants au silicone.