Travelling abroad for pleasure, education, or work has become a natural part of life for many European citizens. Products and services can be bought in another member state when required, but obtaining healthcare outside their country of residence still presents a problem to most European citizens.

Several days ago the European Court of Justice issued a precedent ruling in which it addressed the issue of regulation of working time and the remuneration of a Czech doctor. It is a noteworthy text.

Round table on citizens' mobility called "Accessibility of high quality health care as a condition to the free movement of citizens within the European Union" was held on the 14th of June 2007 in the European Parliament under the patronage of MUDr. Milan Cabrnoch.

Experts from the European Union and the United States started an intensive cooperation in the field of health care, concretely eHealth. They met for the first time in history for a one day conference in Brussels on Thursday the 10th of May 2007. I was the only member of the European parliament who had the opportunity to participate at this conference.

The basic building blocks of the European Union are (so some would say) four freedoms: free movement of capital, goods, people and services. A couple of months ago, the European Parliament passed with considerable difficulties and several amendments a directive on the free movement of services in the EU internal market.

The proposed Optical Radiation Directive has a long history. It was created approximately twelve years ago and was passed in the first reading in the European Parliament already in 1994! European officers have been working on the final form until now.

The report of Françoise Grossetête (F), Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, on medicinal products for paediatric use was adopted by the plenary.

The European parliament will vote on a new regulation on medicaments for children today. The new legislative text is beneficial for medics specializing on children patients, and of course especially for the children.

MUDr. Milan Cabrnoch, MEP, European Parliament, Strasbourg, 9th June, 2005: Honorable chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for the opportunity to express my views on the proposed report on social integration in the new member states of the European Union. Firstly, I would like to thank the reporter for his work and congratulate him for not interchanging social integration with equalitarianism or corporativism.

A few months ago, following the recent publication of the Sunday Times scandalous report on the social institution at Raby, in Pardubice Region, I have invited Miss Rowling and Baroness Nicholson, member of the European Parliament, to personally visit the Czech Republic and the institutions at Raby.

Press conference, 19th of April 2005, Brussel.
I do not know any reason for regulation of the working time at the level of European Union. Every regulation that restricts or even restrains free agreement between employee and employer, decreases employment rate and competitive advantage. Some member countries have got strict working time regulation and handicap their companies and workers.