Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-02-Speech-4-016"
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"Mr President, the economy of the western Atlantic coastline has been devastated, polluted by oil from the
. Fishermen, oyster farmers, shellfish farmers, workers in the tourist industry, and local and regional authorities are growing impatient while waiting for aid and for someone to deal with the time-bomb which the apparently still leaking wreck represents.
Having withdrawn the budget line for ‘natural disasters affecting Member States’ with such poor timing, Europe has a duty to respond, firstly in the name of solidarity but also because it shares responsibility in this umpteenth oil slick disaster.
European citizens find it hard to understand why Europe accepts conditions which the Americans refuse and why Europe, normally so quick to pass environmental legislation, has until now blocked any measures to do with maritime safety.
Europe must pass legislation at the earliest possible opportunity and investigate the matter of this wreck thoroughly, but, in the meantime, the Commission must, as a matter of urgency, harness European funds to aid the businesses affected in order to deal with the wreck, clean up the coastline, increase the capacity of waste storage facilities, ensure that waste is processed or recycled, and set up a research programme into the recovery of oil spilt at sea.
Finally, the Commission must reintroduce an appropriate budget line for ‘natural disasters involving Member States’, and make the regions affected eligible for Structural Funds.
What is the Commission’s view of these proposals? What decisions has the Commission already taken and what decisions does it plan to take? How did the Commission follow up the resolution which the European Parliament adopted on 20 January 2000? We have not, thus far, seen any practical action whatsoever."@en1
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