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". – Mr President, I should like to thank the honourable Members for all their interesting and important comments. Mr Folias, you are absolutely right that we cannot trust the gods to take responsibility for the forests. This summer's events – with such huge forest fires in Portugal and other countries – demonstrate that. I can, of course, see the link to climate change, where I guess the gods are crying over what we are doing to this planet and to our climate.
A second reading agreement is needed to ensure the continuity of the measures which have been carried out over a period of more than 15 years. A loss of one year over the monitoring of forest fires and the air pollution effects on forests would of course mean an information gap which can only be filled after several years of additional efforts. This must be avoided. The compromise approach would give the European Commission the time to reflect – together with Member States and stakeholders – on ways in which forest fire risks might be minimised, and on the possibilities of improving prevention measures in the most appropriate way after 2006. In this sense, I would encourage Members of the European Parliament to support the compromise proposal which aims to reach broad consensus. I should like to thank both the rapporteur and all Members once again."@en1
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