Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-20-Speech-1-061"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forest Focus2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031020.4.1-061"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-20-Speech-1-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Christos Folias2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-11-07--2004-03-09)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-03-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-02-07--2004-03-09)3 member; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-03-09)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-03-09)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-03-09)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, first I wish to congratulate Mrs Redondo on her work and efforts and on the passion with which she has supported the obvious. No wise man would deny that the value of forests is priceless. They have an environmental, a climatic, a health, an economic, a social, a cultural and, still more, a historic value. So when you have something which is priceless to look after, it is unacceptable to make comprises as regards the economic dimension of what you have to look after and the measures you take. Allow me to remind you that, 5 000 years ago and more, the ancient Greeks had put the care of the forests into the hands of the gods, while we compromise on what funds we shall make available – more or less – to save and look after this priceless, God-given treasure. In all events, we must nonetheless be decisive in recording both the state of the forests and the information which is needed so that we can identify the cause of fires. We must fight the causes at their root if we are to be able to save the forests. We need to make an effort to increase citizens' sensitivity in the approach to and use made of forests. We must make provision for measures which will not allow fires to break out or to spread if they do break out. We must look after the forests and, finally, we must realise that forest fires do not obey the Schengen regulation. They pass borders without any control and the fires themselves have no borders. That is why there must be very close and very efficient cooperation between countries which belong to the European Union and others which do not belong and we must help each other to bring about the best possible result."@en1

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