Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-20-Speech-4-231"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000120.5.4-231"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-20-Speech-4-0782
lpv:speaker	lp:Mario Mauro2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I did of course vote in favour of the resolutions on the storms and the oil slick and I should like to express my heartfelt sympathy for the people stricken by these disasters. I am thinking in particular, with great warmth, of the inhabitants of my own region, Champagne-Ardennes, who suffered greatly from these storms in December. I deplore the further consequences which this oil slick may have for the communities on the Atlantic coast. Indeed I am concerned about what chance the marinas and local communities still have of obtaining the Blue Flag 2000. For twenty years the European Blue Flag has been testimony to the considerable efforts made by municipalities to promote economic development that respects the environment. Around fifty municipalities in the five French departments affected by the oil slick are involved in Blue Flag 2000 schemes. I am also concerned at the rumours regarding a request to postpone awarding blue flags to French beaches on the Atlantic coast. What then of the loss of reputation suffered by these beaches and the injustice, when some municipalities would no longer have the flag but others would? Should there be a decision to award the blue flag to a few municipalities in order to enhance the reputation of the whole coast as a tourist area, or not award it to any of them to ensure fair treatment all round? I call upon Member States and the European Union to relieve the problems arising as a result of these disasters by means of long-term financial aid, certainly, but also by means of ‘moral support’ (these resolutions play their part in this) for the people so seriously affected by the polluted beaches, the uprooted trees, the flattened and indeed devastated forests. What is important is the time factor, for we are not talking short term here, like the multinationals, but rather in terms of centuries for the reforestation of France. That should give us a lesson in humility."@en1

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