Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-18-Speech-1-024"
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"Mr President, I asked to take the floor earlier because this morning our group, in writing, called for the Commission to apply the ‘Erika’ legislative packages to the terrible situation in Galicia following the
accident.
It is no coincidence, Mr President, that the
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accidents took place in Brittany and Galicia, respectively. We need to provide protection for both these regions, in particular on the European Atlantic coast.
The
disaster resulted in the legislation we know today being drawn up. The Galician disaster should lead to the immediate implementation of this legislation. We cannot continue to allow ticking time-bombs such as the
to travel our waters irresponsibly when they are vulnerable to disaster. The routes to Europe from every other continent pass through Galicia. Four extremely serious accidents of this kind have recently taken place along the stretch of Galician coastline known as the ‘Coast of Death’, which is a privileged area.
People are hoping that the socio-economic and ecological disasters will be remedied and that support will be given to those affected, and that the 77 000 tonnes still remaining on the
will be prevented from flooding our coastline. We are hoping for immediate decisions from the Commission."@en1
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