17/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - CDU member Peter Liese MEP has written to the European Commissioner for health, David Byrne asking him to look into the risks of a smallpox epidemic following a terrorist attack. The MEP reacted this way to information on the means the Robert-Koch Institute would consider in such a case. We must protect our populations at European level, as the virus does not stop at frontiers, warned Liese in a press release.