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"Mr President, I wish first of all to thank the Commissioner for her words, which of course express the Commission’s position on the disastrous effect of the storms that we experienced in the Azores on 11 and 12 April.
I should like to say first that it is extremely hard to put into words the things that I witnessed over those few days, because this was a storm made up of incredibly strong cyclonic winds, which caused extremely widespread damage, both to buildings and to fruit trees and forestry in general. Above all, however, because this storm led to an invasion of salt, which covered the entire lower part of all the islands in the Azores.
This salt completely covered Graciosa, for example, resulting in the chemical destruction of practically everything that lived there. The losses to farming as a whole are enormous, with vines and vegetable crops being totally destroyed. I know, as the Commissioner said, that the regional authorities have not yet sent the Commission a report on this disaster and I know that this report will reach the Commission very soon, but I wanted to note now what has been said about the programming reserve and I also wanted to note the willingness demonstrated by the Commission to adopt measures for the agricultural sector."@en1
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