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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in the face of the vast ecological, economic and social disaster that Galicia is currently suffering, which has become a genuine European problem, I believe we must be clear in this debate we are holding.
Prevention first, cure second, it was said here. The former, prevention, means we must not be distracted from the real culprits in this tragedy. We are dealing with a floating dump, with dangerous goods, with an opaque network of the interests of soulless businessmen that we should untangle and condemn. Must we investigate all these aspects? Yes. Should we prevent them? Again yes. I hope and believe that this time the European Union has learnt its lesson. The European Commission has learnt its lesson. The European Commission is clear about the matter, and I believe that now the European Parliament and the Council must be intransigent in the face of the laxness and casual attitude of this maritime traffic.
Secondly, cure. We must focus on repairing the damage that has been caused. Galicia cannot pay the physical price, in addition to the damage it is suffering. The real victim is the entire people of Galicia.
Our responsibility now is to work together to achieve the maximum structural funds and the application of the Solidarity Fund; we are going to achieve it.
An inquiry? Of course. I would like to say here – it has already been said, but I would like to repeat it – that the Galician Parliament has set up, today and with the agreement of all the political parties, a committee of inquiry. It is applying the principle of subsidiarity so that the closest politicians investigate the matter and therefore we, together with the Liberal Group and the UEN Group, have tabled an amendment for a comprehensive technical inquiry to be undertaken into this complex aspect.
We are going to ask for more European means to achieve better coordination and civil protection; however, Mr President, seeking to use the tragedy for electoral gain, as some politicians are doing, is simply repulsive. I believe this division is damaging to the politicians themselves as well to the victims, who are confused and stunned both from the effects of the disaster and from seeing politicians attacking each other with their partisan egotism.
I shall end, Mr President, by thanking, as a Galician European, all of Parliament and the institutions present here today, for the solidarity they are showing us and which I know they will continue to show us over the coming days."@en1
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