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"Mr President, I am not going to talk about independence for Catalonia, I am going to talk about La Gomera, a small island which is part of the Canary Islands and which has experienced an appalling fire, a fire which began on 4 August and was not extinguished officially until last month, in September. Not only has the fire affected the Garajonay National Park, which has been a World Heritage site since 1986, it has also scorched around 11 % of the surface area of the island, and more than 4 000 people have had to be evacuated. The damage caused to the environment, to the economy and to the living conditions of the islanders has been estimated at around EUR 60 million and is very difficult to rectify. So, what I would like to talk about today is solidarity, the solidarity of Europe with a very small but very important part of the Europe which unites us, about Europe’s solidarity with La Gomera and its inhabitants. The Spanish Government has already requested the intervention of the Solidarity Fund. All that remains now is for it to become effective and for us to help La Gomera to move forward. We are talking about the future of the island and that future is something for which we are all responsible."@en1
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