Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-12-Speech-3-154"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU aid for tsunami victims in Asia (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050112.9.3-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-12-Speech-3-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Nils Lundgren2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-06-12)3 vice-chair; CONT (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Junilistan (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean is in many ways a turning point in the history of the modern world. For the first time, we have had a genuine wave of sympathy for people from, in general, the whole world, and not just a part of it, who have been affected. Cynics point out that this has to do with the fact that the area around the Indian Ocean contained so many tourists from rich countries who were also affected when the disaster happened. That is true, but it must be remembered that this, at the same time, shows that tourism, like trade in goods and services, in actual fact brings the people of the world together and makes us realise that we belong together. I nonetheless feel uncomfortable about the fact that, in this case, the EU seems mainly to be interested in promoting its own stances in connection with this tragedy which, upon examination, reveals that what are needed are warning systems, not the EU. It is a global issue, and one that is principally for the UN. Money does not need to be channelled via the EU; it should come directly from the relevant countries and people. The issue is one of coordinating operational aid, and that is the main task of the UN. What task remains? That of rapid intervention to evacuate citizens of EU countries. In this case, the problem was not that the EU had no policy but that some countries, such as Italy, implemented this very well while other countries, such as my own, implemented it badly. We must not try to use tragedies for EU purposes, but look to see what the EU in actual fact has to contribute, presumably in terms of consular services."@en1

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