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"en.20031009.2.4-065"2
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"The repercussions of the forest fires which swept through Portugal this summer are far from over. The heavy rains have brought landslides and floods which have threatened to worsen the scale of the catastrophe, over and above the environmental consequences in terms of soil erosion, and the severe socio-economic problems experienced in areas of the interior of the country where woodland was the main source of economic activity.
The figures do not convey the depths of the suffering of our communities, although they do illustrate the scale of the disaster, which caused the deaths of 20 people, laid waste 5% of Portugal’s total land area and almost 11% of our woodland areas, leaving 45 000 people deprived of any source of income, and costing a total of more than EUR 1.3 billion, almost 1.12% of Portugal’s gross national income, in direct damages.
We therefore welcome the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund to provide EUR 48.5 million for Portugal, after the Commission’s latest adjustment in the light of new information received, in accordance with our direct request in the Committee on Budgets. We would remind you, however, that more should have been done, as we proposed. The amount of aid is at odds with the scale of the tragedy, and this raises the issue of assessing and revising the current criteria for mobilising the Solidarity Fund."@en1
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