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Despite my heartfelt sympathy for the victims of this unimaginable tragedy, I voted against the Council regulation, for the reasons I shall now explain.
No estimates have been made of the costs this measure will incur, although preliminary analyses indicate that they could be enormous.
The fishing boats sent out will be old ones that would otherwise have been scrapped. In other words, they no longer meet basic safety requirements. This is essentially the same as what happened in Poland during the 1997 floods, when flood victims were sometimes sent completely worn out clothes that were not fit to wear.
The European fishing boats in question were built to operate in conditions that are entirely different from those prevailing in the countries affected by the tsunami.
It has become very clear from what we have heard that countries such as Sri Lanka and the Philippines have absolutely no desire to be helped in this way.
For these and other reasons, I am inclined to believe that the sending of around 150 fishing boats is intended to appease European consciences and to be a symbolic gesture. Genuine assistance is what is needed, however, not symbols. Seen in this light, it must unfortunately be concluded that the Council regulation does not make sense."@en1
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