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"en.20060612.14.1-039"2
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"Mr President, a month ago I attended a three-nation meeting on the subject of the waters of the River Evros. It was attended by Greeks, Bulgarians and Turks. With pride I told them that the European Union is sensitive to environmental issues, unlike large countries such as the USA, China, India and so on. A Turkish parliamentarian took the floor and pointed out that the Danube is the main cause of the contamination of the Black Sea, together with other rivers that empty into it. It also appears, apart from the Black Sea, in the Sea of Marmara and even reaches as far as the Aegean.
Having studied the matter, I have to say, first of all, that the Danube is a river which passes through a great many countries in the European Union and many non-Community countries, as well as two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which are going to accede. In times gone by it was a means of communication which played an important role in transport, trade, agriculture and fisheries; however, with the passage of time, industrial and urban waste is continuously killing this river. What must we do with the Danube and with other rivers of the European Union in order to revive them?"@en1
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