Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-16-Speech-4-186"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Νatural disasters2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991216.9.4-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-16-Speech-4-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Gilles Savary2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I want to speak about the natural disasters which hit the south of France in the night of 12 to 13 November 1999. These were totally exceptional in their violence and the extent of the damage caused and have led to 35 deaths and FRF three to four billion worth of damage. I know that the EU budget does not provide for any credit line for natural disasters occurring in the territory of the Union. It has also not escaped me that it was this House which wanted to delete this credit line. However, I must ask you to intervene and ensure that the European Union does something, because it can in two ways. Firstly, it can authorise France to reallocate the outstanding balance of the Structural Funds not committed from the 1994-1999 programming period. Much of the funding still remains with 54% of credits not committed under Leader, 38% under Interreg, 49% under URBAN and 88% under RETEX. In order to quickly intervene, the Commission simply needs today to authorise France to redeploy part of these credits. Secondly, it can help by ensuring that, for the new programme of Structural Funds for 2000-2006, the zoning for reconstruction is properly in place and the most affected zones are included under Objective 2. Finally, is it not ironic that our Union can act totally legitimately in countries outside the EU but that it does not have the means or the ability to act within the EU? At a time when everyone, particularly Mrs Fontaine, is making rapprochement between the people of Europe and the European Union the key issue for this Parliament, I feel it is important for the EU to be able to act in a positive manner when our people are in difficulty."@en1

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