Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-23-Speech-1-184"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community civil protection mechanism (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061023.21.1-184"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-23-Speech-1-1852
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonios Trakatellis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-20--2007-05-23)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Council decision being approved, with our adopted amendments, is the product of an exhaustive preparatory procedure and of the experience acquired over recent years from dealing with natural and man-made disasters, disasters which, apart from their huge impact on every aspect of citizens' every day lives, revealed objective shortcomings in the capacity for national intervention and, hence, enhanced expectations for Community assistance. We are therefore being called upon today to strengthen and arm the Union so that it can respond to this demand by the citizens for effective intervention in the fields of the prevention of and rapid response to natural and man-made disasters. This is therefore an expression of the real solidarity sought between the Member States, which will further strengthen the feeling of participation in a community and will thus further strengthen the European conscience. As far as the amendments to the initial proposal are concerned, I consider it necessary to draw your attention to the following points: An effective early warning and response system is founded on the following four components: identifying and assessing risks, constantly monitoring them, a warning and communication mechanism and, lastly, preparedness – the capacity to react and assist. I too, like the rapporteur, should like to emphasise that the amendments which we tabled concern matters such as the early warning system, standby modules from the participating states, response and citizen information guidelines, best practices for dealing with situations and, lastly, mutual consular assistance for determining contact points between Member States. I should also like to say – and I think that this should be accepted – that we must pay special attention to the public health sector, because disasters are usually accompanied by dangers to public health, either as a result of a lack of food or water or from epidemics and, consequently, this component should also be included in the proposal. Finally, I should like to observe, as our rapporteur said, that the Barnier report is an exceptional report, which should be taken into account because, otherwise, what was the point in doing all this exceptional work? I think that, together with your report today, we shall have an effective mechanism. To close, I should like to thank our rapporteur for his excellent work. Congratulations, Mr Papadimoulis."@en1

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