Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-07-Speech-4-216"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fires in Europe2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000907.9.4-216"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-07-Speech-4-2172
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonios Trakatellis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2000-04-10--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, every September we return to the House and take tragic stock of the number of victims and the extent of the damage to forests as the result of fires. The fires are, of course, the result of climatic changes and the weather which prevails in the Mediterranean during the summer; they are also the result of criminal offences. There may also be other causes, such as refuse tips and, of course, the lack of certain administrative structures, especially the lack of an overall, coordinated approach to fires, exacerbates the damage which they cause. So what proposals can we make? First and foremost, both the Member States and the Commission need to update the regional development programmes and action to prevent, restore and reforest. They could use the Interreg Community initiative, for example. Similarly, forest registers are desperately needed; this will help to protect and recover our ecological heritage and fight land speculation. However, what we need is coordination and cooperation at European level and I call on the Commission to propose that a European fire prevention centre be set up in order to conduct systematic studies and introduce new technical methods to prevent and fight fires. And to go one step further: the time has come for the Commission to draw up an integrated defence strategy to coordinate national action and measures against natural and man-made disasters, in line, of course, with the principle of subsidiarity. I trust that these proposals will elicit a positive response from the Commission so that we can protect our forests more efficiently."@en1

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