Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-15-Speech-3-236"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Risk and crisis management in agriculture (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060215.15.3-236"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-15-Speech-3-2372
lpv:speaker	lp:Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; PECH (2004-09-13--2007-01-14)3,3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, recent years and in particular the past year have provided eloquent examples of the variety of risks and crises facing Europe’s farmers. In 2005, at the same time as thousands of hectares of forest were being destroyed by fire, with the loss of human life, and when a number of parts of southern European were stricken by drought, a number of countries of Central Europe were afflicted by devastating floods. In both cases, the magnitude involved was without historical parallel. What is more, animal diseases and the inexorable liberalisation of trade have particularly exposed farmers to fresh risks and uncertainties. The Commission’s initiative underpinning this report is therefore a welcome one. It falls short, however, of what is actually needed. I therefore share the rapporteur’s view in most of the points raised and suggestions made, with particular regard to agricultural insurance and mutual funds, although I regret the timidity – I have chosen this word with great care – of his approach towards coverage against income crises, particularly given that some of our main trading competitors have such safety measures at their disposal. I also feel that this report is an important tool in a broader approach that the issue merits, not least as part of the ongoing debate on the solidarity fund, the forestry strategy that we will certainly discuss, along with the own-initiative reports on natural disasters being drawn up by various committees. I hope that Parliament will adopt coherent positions with regard to this range of instruments. This is the best contribution it can make towards the Union being in a position to provide adequate, urgently-needed protection for its farmers, firstly to prevent the occurrence of crises and risks, but also to rectify them if it proves impossible to prevent them."@en1

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