Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-05-Speech-1-081"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Natural disasters (fires and floods)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050905.18.1-081"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-05-Speech-1-0822
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Gklavakis2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-03-14)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, natural disasters cause both pain and unhappiness, but they give the European Union the opportunity to show its solidarity and human face. They give us the opportunity to demonstrate that we are prepared in difficult times to support each other. I congratulate everyone who spoke earlier, especially on the unanimity which they expressed. We too are with them. We all support both the Portuguese with the fires which have affected them and the central Europeans with their floods. However, I would like to make one point. Fires and floods have happened in the past and will always continue to happen. However, the majority of the scientific community states with certainty that, nowadays, these extreme weather conditions have increased in intensity as a result of ecological disaster, as a result of the climate change which we have brought about. Let us take advantage of this opportunity to sound the alarm and increase everyone's awareness of environmental protection issues. We know that the European Union sets great store by this issue and quite rightly so. Other major industrial powers, such as the United States of America, India and China, also need to understand that, unless we protect this environment, sooner or later it will fall on our heads. One other point I would like to make is that blanket tree-planting both before and after fires must take greater account in future of the advice of forestry experts so that we plant more trees which do not burn easily. One last point I wish to make – and the previous speaker made the same point – is that, over recent years, over recent decades, our mountain villages have been deserted. When people leave our forests, it is like guards leaving the army, it is like guards leaving the borders. We need to re-examine our rural policy so that mountain areas are not deserted, so that people stay in mountain villages."@en1

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