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"Mr President, firstly I would like to express my sympathy to those who were affected. Anyone who has seen the effects of flood damage, as we have in many regions throughout the European Union, will know how devastating it can be, not only to infrastructure but to life and indeed to roads and buildings, as the previous speaker mentioned.
But we must also look at the further-reaching effects. People say that floods happen and they cannot be controlled. I want to look further, at the whole situation of climate change, which cannot be overlooked, either in the short or the long term. We must increase our efforts, not only to achieve agreement, but to encourage those who do not and are not prepared to cooperate with the European Union. We saw the effects after Kyoto, with certain large nations deciding not to support the position taken by the European Union.
I would urge many of these major nations to support what the European Union is trying to achieve regarding climate change, to improve the situation. We must also make clear that we are prepared to condemn those large nations that believe they can do whatever they want to do, without any thought to the effects on others. It is not only the United States – which is the prime mover in this – there are other countries such as Australia, and countries in Eastern Europe, where this problem needs to be tackled.
Their position is deplorable. We must ask the question how long can we continue to allow people to disturb the rainforests and destroy the balance that has existed for so long."@en1
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