Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-139"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forest fires and floods (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.20.1-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Alleanza Siciliana (2005-09-20--2007-11-26)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; REGI (2006-06-15--2007-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is sad to realise that only in recent years has the subject of civil protection been aired in this Chamber and it is debated each time in connection with a particular kind of disaster: an earthquake the day before yesterday, marine pollution yesterday, fires and floods today, and so forth. The topics are fragmented, powers are fragmented and resources are fragmented. That alone would be enough to justify the tenacity with which my political group has been proposing for years to this House and the Commission that a European civil protection agency should be set up. This would be a versatile, flexible body endowed with its own powers and with human and material resources supplied by the Member States. It would be able not only to draw up a risk prediction and prevention plan, but also – and more importantly – to direct and coordinate emergency measures with all due speed in the event of a disaster. It is now more important than ever to set up a civil protection agency, Commissioner, after the unfortunate experience of recent years when so-called Community cooperation has proved worthless and ineffective, if not downright harmful. What use is the experience that has been gained by individual Member States in relation to civil protection if Europe is not then in a position to intervene immediately to manage emergencies, reduce damage, provide relief and coordinate volunteers? Finally, we need to believe that, if there is one sector where the principle of territoriality does not hold, it is precisely that of civil protection. Have we learnt nothing from the unfortunate experience of the oil slick or this summer’s forest fires, or the terrible impression that was left when, faced with the tsunami tragedy, Brussels decided to leave the 300 European task force experts at home after having trained and prepared them for years? Then let us put an end to the ambiguity of good intentions, Commissioner, and try to coordinate our interventions, powers and resources firmly and formally, so that Europe can also play a leading role when it is a case of protecting the right to life, which is a physiological right rather than an institutional one."@en1
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