Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-04-Speech-2-115"
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"en.20070904.16.2-115"2
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"The terrible fires which struck Greece and southern Italy in particular this summer, leaving victims in their wake and destroying thousands of hectares of woodland and agricultural land, again highlight the urgent need for better coordination of rapid reaction measures by Member States’ civil protection forces.
To that end, it is now clear that a
needs to be set up to coordinate and manage measures to eradicate or prevent the causes of disasters.
That Agency – which the writer has proposed that the Commission set up on a number of occasions, on the basis of the positive experience of the US
would not just be responsible for combating the devastating fires that cause enormous damage every year in the Mediterranean countries, but would also take swift action to tackle the emergencies following on from all kinds of disasters brought about by natural events, such as the floods from which Bulgaria has recently suffered, or man-made events.
It has to be stressed that disasters may be supranational in nature, and Europe should not just rely solely on the generosity of volunteers or on the competences and resources of the particular State that has been affected, but should have enough human and financial resources and appropriate equipment to enable swift action to be taken."@en1
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"European Civil Protection Agency"1
"Federal Emergency Management Agency"1
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