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"This summer, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece were faced with major forest fires. In Greece, the fires devastated an area of approximately 21 200 hectares, destroying around 2 million trees and at least 150 houses.
In a coordinated effort at European level, France, Spain and Cyprus sent Canadair planes to the Athens region to put out the fires. The EU’s strategic backup for combating the forest fires proved, therefore, to be useful once again. The EU Solidarity Fund can also provide assistance in this kind of situation, bearing some of the costs of the emergency measures implemented in order to restore the infrastructure, provide temporary shelter and protect the natural heritage.
I want to draw attention to the fact that we need to reduce the bureaucracy involved with accessing this fund. Let me give you a specific example from my own country. Romania was hit by natural disasters in June of last year. Currently, in September 2009, the funds have still not been distributed to the Romanian Government. I also believe that we need in the future a sustainable forestry policy, as well as a strategy for preventing disasters of this kind."@en1
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