Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-02-15-Speech-4-217"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Natural disasters2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010215.10.4-217"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-02-15-Speech-4-2182
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ribeiro E Castro2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2000-05-23--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; EMPL (1999-12-02--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1999-12-09--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, hardly a single winter that I have lived through has stuck in my memory, but this year, winter made itself memorable in a particularly harsh way in Portugal, as Mrs Figueiredo has just described. Almost every single river in Portugal burst its banks and there are towns in my country which have suffered four consecutive floods in the course of this winter with the rains that have fallen since November. The crisis was felt particularly acutely in the centre of the country, affecting the Mondego basin most tragically, but it affected communities to some extent throughout the country. The Portuguese authorities and the civil defence forces have made huge efforts to remedy the situation. Now, questions about reconstruction are being asked and I would add my voice to those of my fellow Portuguese Members in asking the Commission to work together with the Portuguese authorities at national and local level to aid reconstruction, to list the damage done and to support the reconstruction of the areas that have been affected with both financial and technical resources. I should also like to express my solidarity with the victims. Given the scale of the floods that have swept across our country this winter, and let us hope that they are over, because the bad weather is continuing, we must once again draw your attention to regional planning policies and to the need to ensure the balance of our ecosystems. In this matter, I would also ask for the assistance that would result from dialogue with other Member countries of the European Union."@en1

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