Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-09-Speech-4-061"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031009.2.4-061"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-09-Speech-4-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, our vote in favour of the solidarity fund to cover the requirements of countries and regions struck by natural disasters comes with two hopes or two recommendations. First, we hope that with the forthcoming 2004 financial year the fund may be suitably expanded, or at least index-linked, as Mr Turchi assured me he would propose; since the fund is so meagre, it is completely inadequate to meet the needs of the recipient Member States, as has already been seen this year. With regard to our second hope, setting up the fund is a first, concrete step forward, but it is not enough in itself. It is not enough to think about funding countries struck by natural disasters if we do not also think about a serious forecasting and prevention policy. We believe the time has come for the Union to think of setting up a European Civil Protection Agency with the remit of coordinating and managing risk prevention and emergencies among Member States. Recent painful examples in Europe remind us that catastrophes and disasters can be supranational, and yet one cannot rely on the generosity of volunteers or the competence and resources of just the country immediately affected. Europe should be able to have adequate human, financial and technical resources available, ready to take prompt action. This may be an ambitious objective, but it is not unachievable. After all, every citizen, and not just every European citizen, has a right to safety that I believe is physiological rather than constitutional. We therefore bring the problem to the attention of the Commission and Parliament in the hope that we shall not remain its only proponents."@en1

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