Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-135"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forest fires and floods (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.20.1-135"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-1362
lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Hatzidakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-09-18)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2007-09-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I believe that today's debate is not being held so that we can express our sorrow about the phenomenon or to emphasise our support for the victims. I do not think that is particularly useful to them. What is needed is for us to debate the issue politically and for us to see what we can do as the European Union. I think that today's debate ultimately raises the question of what model of European Union we want. Do we want a European Union which only concerns itself with monetary policy, with competitiveness, with the internal market – matters which it quite rightly concerns itself with – or do we want a European Union which, at the same time, will be present at the major problems of daily life, present where there is human pain. The fires we experienced this summer in my country, in Greece, are one such instance. Of course the Member States have the initiative in this sort of natural disaster, but that is no excuse for the European Union not to demonstrate its solidarity in a tangible manner, that is no excuse for the European Union to be absent. Everything the Commissioner said about the initiatives taken this summer by the European Commission is particularly positive. An intervention by the Solidarity Fund would also be positive, but I think that the European Union needs to have more tools at its disposal. It needs a more substantial and more effective European civil protection mechanism, as called for by the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in its motion. We have got the Barnier report: the Council asked for it and the European Council welcomed it last June. Now we need to put the Barnier report into practice. We need to move at long last from theory to practice and I trust that the fact that the Council welcomed this report is not purely and simply an expression of diplomatic affability, but expresses the will of the European Union to be more present when such issues arise."@en1

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