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It is heartening to see the Commission undertake to use the Solidarity Fund to help in the case of forest fires. We are still, however, sending contradictory messages. We in the European institutions contradict ourselves when we declare, as Mr Barnier did yesterday, that our priority is prevention, and then, conversely, reduce
allocations or delay too long in pushing ahead with vital prevention initiatives such as the European Civil Protection Agency.
We heard yesterday that 95% of forest fires are caused by negligence and the actions of speculators. Is it not also negligent of European governments not to consider the consequences of climate change in terms of desertification and loss of biodiversity in our countries?
All these contradictions make it intolerable that there were surplus credits for the period 1992-2002 which were not spent on preventing fires. Further, it is even more intolerable that the Commission is seeking to push ahead with its plans for
. Over the last two years, we have lost a regulation specifically geared towards fighting fires; we have lost EUR 5 million, for which no one can account, in the rural development fund; and we may lose even more budget allocations. These funds will prove vital if the loss of hectare after hectare of forest is not to continue."@en1
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