– (FR) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it was in 1998 th
at the Committee on Petitions received two petitions
with a total of over 1 00
0 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 co
nsider 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.