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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by sending a message of condolence from the European Parliament to the families of those killed and of solidarity with the victims and inhabitants of all of the regions of the European Union in which there have been fires and floods this summer.
The fires in Galicia had to be extinguished under extreme conditions, conditions marked by the figure ‘30’: the temperature was above 30° for many days, there was a wind of more than 30 kilometres per hour and humidity was less than 30%. They were extinguished thanks to an unprecedented mobilisation, under the Presidency of the autonomous government, and national and international cooperation was a decisive factor. I would therefore like to express my gratitude for the support of the European Union and its Member States.
There is still much work to be done and we must continue working together in three directions. In order to help those who have suffered damage, the Galician authorities have set an example by providing EUR 13 million for the most serious damage; the Spanish Government’s programme will provide between EUR 40 and 60 million. The European funds from the Solidarity Fund must be added, as Mrs Miguélez has pointed out.
The Galician authorities have already launched a plan to the tune of EUR 126 million until 2009 for the restoration of the environment and also for progressing towards appropriate forestry development, and other Community funds must be opened up and mobilised for the same purpose.
Fires are the main threat to European and Mediterranean forests and, as Galicians, we are very vulnerable. I would call upon the Commission to draw up a proposal for a directive to combat fires, to implement a Community programme for 2007-2013, to activate the Galileo system and the technological resources for the detection and fighting of fires, and to strengthen civil protection through the creation of a European civil protection force."@en1
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