Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-17-Speech-4-221"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Floods in France2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010517.11.4-221"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-17-Speech-4-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne Ferreira2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2000-08-31--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-12-18--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-12-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2001-05-14--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (2000-02-02--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, France has suffered serious flooding for several months now. First it was Brittany, now other have been affected, but it is the of the Somme, and the town of Abbeville and the surrounding in particular, which have been hardest hit. Hundreds of residents have been forced to leave their homes, have lost all their possessions and are destitute. Every economic and social sector has been hit: road and rail infrastructures have sustained tremendous damage, shops and businesses have closed and farms are in serious trouble. There is much uncertainty as to whether they will be able to regain their original production levels. The persons hit hardest are those who were already the worst off and who have no family to give them financial or moral support. And just as we thought that things were quickly getting better, another disaster has struck and may last for several more weeks. The financial consequences are unquantifiable as yet. There is a great deal of solidarity between the local residents and a great deal of intervention on the part of the government and the French administration, the local authorities, the police, the army, rescue organisations and the community, but it is unable to absorb the effects of this disaster. That is why I think that Europe needs to do more than just offer words of support and compassion; we need to send out a strong message of our desire to stand by the people suffering the physical and psychological effects of this disaster. In order to do so, the European Union needs to provide one-off financial aid so that infrastructures can be quickly restored and economic activity can resume. It is also important for us to reaffirm our concern at the rise in the number of serious natural disasters over recent years both in Europe and across the planet as a whole. The European Union owes it to itself to do everything to respect and ensure that others respect the Kyoto commitments by the stated deadlines and to implement a policy of sustainable development."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"communes"1 "département"1 "départements"1

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