Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-18-Speech-4-160"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Natural disasters in the South of France and the regions ‘Languedoc-Roussillon’ and ‘Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur’2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031218.5.4-160"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-18-Speech-4-1632
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique Vlasto2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (2000-01-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2002-12-02--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Devastating floods have once again struck my region, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and Languedoc-Roussillon. I should first like to express my utmost sympathy to the victims of these disasters. Although the French Government has taken the necessary emergency steps and declared a state of emergency, we need European solidarity. This has already been seen on the ground, and I wish to thank the German, Italian, Belgian and Czech teams that have gone to the aid of the victims. Hopefully, European solidarity will also manifest itself in the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund. The French Government is in the process of preparing a request to this end, which will be submitted at the beginning of 2004. My region has already benefited from such funds, following the storms and appalling floods of September 2002, and I can assure you that these funds are of enormous importance. Whilst the Structural Funds enable the cofinancing of some preventative and aid measures, zoning and normal consumption of funds limit their scope. They are thus insufficient to help the stricken populations and regions. Nonetheless, I hope that the prevention of natural disasters will, in future, become an integral part of their aims: while we have a duty to repair the damage, the only real aid policy is prevention."@en1

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