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"Empower patients to self-manage their disease"

Brussels, 02. March 2010. "To successfully fight chronic illnesses and to lower health costs we have to empower chronic patients to self-manage their disease", Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Member of the European Parliament concluded at the discussion "Patient Empowerment - a New Paradigm in Disease Management?" in the European Parliament.

Only an informed citizen is a healthy citizen

Brussels, 20. February 2010. We need a European patients' information system, offering comprehensive and reliable information on drugs - an essential point for healthy life and reduction of public spending.

Chatzimarkakis: "Breakthrough in name issue has never been closer"

Skopje, 18. February 2010. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, chair of the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee, has come to a first positive conclusion in the delegation visit to Skopje today: "I have the feeling that the breakthrough in the name issue has never been closer."

CHATZIMARKAKIS on patient information: Stop advertising - enable mature citizens!

Brussels, 3rd February 2010."We need widespread information on prescription drugs, only then we will have mature and healthy citizens", Member of the European Parliament Jorgo Chatzimarkakis said today in the European Parliament. Under the topic "Will more medical information on prescription drugs help or harm patients?" about 100 political and pharmaceutical industry experts discussed how to improve public knowledge of prescription drugs.

Chatzimarkakis: "Commission needs to take media crisis seriously"

Brussels, 2. February 2010. "A crisis of journalisms leads to a crisis of democracy", Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, vice president of the European Parliament's media-Intergroup said. "The Commission has to take the media crisis seriously and do something"

Overcome name conflict

Brussels, 10. February 2010. "The name conflict plays a key role and must be overcome", said Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, chair of the EP-delegation to the EU- Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia Committee, on the occasion of the adaption of the resolution concerning the candidate country.

Olive oil for Barroso - Chatzimarkakis donates greek top-quality product to Parliament and Commission

Barroso and Chatzimarkakis

Brussels, 21st January. In the kitchen of Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, one can find a top-quality Cretan product: "Kritsa Olive Oil". Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, German EU deputy of Greek origin presented the bottle to him at a conference. "He was very delighted", Chatzimarkakis said. "Since he comes from the Mediterranean part of Europe as well, he knows: Consuming olive oil guarantees a long life." Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament was also presented with a bottle by Chatzimarkakis.

Chatzimarkakis: Nikiforos Diamandouros - the right man for more closeness to citizens

Brussels, 19th January. "The right man for more closeness to citizens", European Deputy Jorgo Chatzimarkakis said of European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros - tomorrow running for re-election by the European Parliament. "While Diamandouros was in office the position of the Ombudsman has grown; the acceptance and the confidence towards this institution has increased noticeably", Chatzimarkakis said.

Chatzimarkakis: Tajani used many words without saying much

Brussels, 18th January. He said a lot but was not precise on details, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Industrial Policy Speaker of the German Liberal Democrats (FDP) in the European Parliament said after the hearing of Antonio Tajani, Commissioner-Designated for Industry and Entrepreneurship.

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