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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-04-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Drought in Portugal2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050414.23.4-143"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-04-14-Speech-4-1442
lpv:speaker	lp:Paulo Casaca2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-03-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, my first word is solidarity. We must show solidarity with the people in the worst affected areas, particularly farmers in the south of Portugal and in the border area. The situation is at its most severe in the and regions. We must show that this solidarity does not stop at the border and I wish to reassure Mr Guardans Cambó that it naturally extends to the whole of the population of Seville, Huelva, Badajoz, Cáceres and so forth, regions that are indeed also suffering the impact of what can only be termed a large-scale natural disaster. No matter what the regulation says, this is the reality of the situation and this is why solidarity is a key word to use here, too. I am very pleased to see that nobody has mentioned the word ‘exaggeration’ – the situation has never been exaggerated, but has been described objectively and accurately. I am also pleased with the Commission’s commitment towards helping to tackle these problems. I should like to place particular emphasis, however, on aspects that are, indisputably, intrinsically linked with a forest strategy that of course depends on Member States’ definitions, but which the Commission must also define accurately. Accordingly, when I hear that, as part of the revision of the forest strategy, the period in which aid due to loss of income can be paid has been reduced from 20 to 10 years, it strikes me that in the European institutions we have still not understood the crucial importance of a proper forestation strategy to combat these instances of near desertification. It is absolutely vital that income support continue for decades as regards species that take dozens of years to grow, before which nothing whatsoever is produced. It is crucial that support for the forests in the south of the Iberian Peninsula be maintained and that that support be stepped up in relation to the alternatives. I would therefore ask the Commission to attach the highest importance to this aspect."@en1
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