Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-16-Speech-4-190"

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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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991216.9.4-190"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-16-Speech-4-1912
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"I would like to draw Parliament's attention to the situation of the people in Vietnam as a result of the floods. The International Federation of the Red Cross has said that hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam are likely to be short of food over the next nine months. It has also been reported that there have been violent protests by peasant farmers in the Thai Binh province. This seems to be very much in relation to the fact that the Vietnamese are trying to modernise and the modernisation costs are being basically borne by the peasant farmers. This situation has to be tackled because taxes on the peasants have increased dramatically over recent times because of the need to modernise. The farmers themselves are in a very, very critical situation, where they are extremely short of food and the excess taxes on them makes the situation even more catastrophic. We should listen to the appeals from the International Federation of the Red Cross and pay attention to the plight of these people who have, in the past, been decimated by such things as the Agent Orange used by the US. Now natural disasters are causing even greater problems for them."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McKenna (Greens/ALE )."1

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