The EPP supports a political course which seeks to develop guidelines and rules that promote bio-medical research in favour of guaranteeing human dignity, health and welfare. New knowledge of the structure of living matter and the possibilities opened up by the techniques for modifying such matter must be used to benefit human health (provided that human dignity and freedom are always safeguarded) and must not serve as a means to an end which is alien to human life.
La libre circulation des personnes, des biens, des capitaux, et des services au sein de l'Union européenne a une incidence sur les possibilités des gouvernements nationaux de garantir la dignité de la vie humaine dans le cadre de la bio-technologie.