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"en.20121025.36.4-565-000"2
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"Madam President, on 6 April 2009 the Abruzzo region of central Italy suffered a serious earthquake. There were many dozens of human victims, and schools, public buildings, nurseries, hospitals and other infrastructure were destroyed. The European Parliament bypassed bureaucratic procedures and, acting on a proposal by Italian MEPs, mobilised the European Solidarity Fund and approved EUR 500 million for the relief of residents in the earthquake-stricken areas and repair of the damage.
Three years later – only last Monday, Madam President – an Italian court convicted a group of six seismologists because they had not foreseen the earthquake. This decision is absurd, unprecedented and, in my opinion, dangerous. This decision does not condemn seismologists, it does not condemn scientists, it condemns the science itself, and all the sciences. It is not my intention to ask the European Parliament to intervene in Italy’s independent judicial system, but allow me, Madam President, to say that the judges are judged."@en1
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