Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-20-Speech-2-114"
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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I, as a European citizen of Galicia, a maritime region par excellence, am very proud of the excellent work done by the rapporteur, my friend Willi Piecyk, and I thank him along with the other political groups for supporting my amendments on the upsurge of the phenomenon of maritime piracy, which is sadly once again in the news following the two recent hijackings.
It is right that our concern should be set out in the resolution, because we are facing a serious international security problem that needs to be dealt with.
Over the last 10 years 3 200 sailors have been kidnapped, 500 have been injured and 160 killed in this type of attack.
We are asking for something very simple: a mechanism that will enable a warship from any Community country in international waters to provide assistance to Community vessels, whether fishing or merchant vessels. We are also asking for Europe to support the initiative in the United Nations aimed at expanding maritime law.
Ladies and gentlemen, Happy European Maritime Day!"@en1
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