translate English to German: The European Union must carefully reconcile consumer protection with the prevention of panic, which is often unjustified and based on emotional reactions rather than scientific data and can cause enormous damage to the economic sectors involved. The BSE issue also raises more general considerations about the need to handle complex issues without ideological prejudice and dogma.
Vom Europäischen Rat wurde die Notwendigkeit anerkannt, dieses Problem in einem Geiste der Solidarität mit dem hauptsächlich betroffenen Mitgliedstaat zu behandeln.