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"Mr President, as Mr Sánchez García has just reminded us, this resolution comes within the scope of the decision taken by the Conference of Presidents to send an
mission to Venezuela to assess the tragic consequences of December’s floods in that country. This issue of Venezuela is serious and urgent. It is serious because the losses have not yet been sufficiently quantified – but this tragedy has caused the deaths of more than 30 000 people. It is urgent, Mr President, because the European Parliament’s mission took place last February and so far we have not been able to reach any final conclusions. I believe this Parliament is stretching the bounds of its credibility.
I would like to take advantage of the presence of the Commission to ask the Commissioner how it has fulfilled the mandate which it received from this Parliament in the resolution adopted in January to assess the Community’s response to the tragedy in Venezuela. I hope the Commission is capable of mobilising the necessary human resources to deal with the priorities indicated by this Parliament and I am sure that, if the Commission, as it has proposed in its preliminary draft budget for 2001, is going to be able to spend EUR 815 million in the Balkans, it will also be able to spend EUR 50 million in Venezuela.
Mr President, this issue raises a problem which goes much further than the resolution on Venezuela. The problem involves the preservation of Parliament’s capacity to respond to this type of situation. We have to make it very clear what we want. Do we want a real Parliament or do we want a cardboard cut-out Parliament? Do we want a Parliament which fully assumes its duties or do we want a Parliament which simply endorses the priorities of other institutions? Do we want a Parliament which does its duty or do we want a Parliament which simply signs cheques relating to the commitments of other institutions? This is the debate surrounding the 2001 budget and it was the debate surrounding the 2000 budget.
Mr President, I simply mean that where there is a will there is always a way and that this resolution demonstrates a decisive commitment on the part of this House to show its will to help and cooperate. It aims to show that the European Union wishes to cooperate with the Venezuelan people and society. Mr President. I am convinced that, on the basis of this will, we will find in this budget, which consists of EUR 100 000 million this year and will involve a similar amount in subsequent years, a way to provide for the needs of the victims of this tragedy."@en1
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