Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-133"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forest fires and floods (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.20.1-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Janusz Wojciechowski2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2006-01-05--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; AGRI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2006-01-05--2007-01-14)3 member; UEN (2005-12-13--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, natural disasters are affecting Europe with increasing frequency. Once again we see disastrous forest fires in the south. In large parts of Europe there have been great heat waves, with the highest temperatures recorded since records began, which led to great droughts. In some regions in Poland the harvests fell by over twenty percent and hundreds of thousands of farming families found themselves in a desperate situation. Then heavy rainfall and localised flooding made harvesting difficult and compounded the losses. Government aid is limited and most farmers cannot afford the expensive insurance cover for their own farms. In any case, insurance does not solve the problem, as natural disasters are becoming the norm rather than the exception. Farmers in Poland and elsewhere are asking the European Union for aid, which currently is symbolic rather than real. It is imperative for us to create a European system which can be used to provide aid to the countries and people affected by natural disasters. It is vital to earmark larger funds than those we have at present, for this purpose. People whose houses have been destroyed by catastrophic fires, whose fields and crops have been destroyed by droughts or flooding, have to be able to count on solidarity and aid from the European Union. One of the reasons the European Union was created was so that its communities and citizens could help each other in times of need. The Union should show solidarity and provide aid for the victims of natural disasters such as droughts, floods or forest fires. We expect the European Commission to put forward real proposals both for a system to counteract the consequences of natural disasters and for providing aid for countries and people who have suffered as a result of such disasters."@en1

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