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"Mr President, as Mrs Joly has already said, there are circumstances in which words and figures lose all meaning and become ludicrous: two million refugees – as we have heard – perhaps more, more than 200 000 deaths, a country that has been laid waste, a capital that has been almost erased from the map.
The urgency now is to dig out the last survivors – if there are any left – to bury the dead, to feed the living, to distribute water, to treat, to operate and to rebuild. Every country departed quickly, very quickly, with its resources, its equipment, its dogs, its people and its generosity. It is an immense, magnificent effort, but it is a national effort.
Europe absolutely must now gather momentum and give substance to this idea that some of us, many of us, have been defending here in the European Parliament and elsewhere for several years, namely the implementation of a European civil intervention body, green helmets or white helmets – the colour is of little importance – people, resources and common strategies.
EU-FAST, the initiative launched by Mr Verhofstadt in 2003, or EuropeAid, launched by Mr Barnier in 2006 – the paternity ultimately does not matter – the idea is to be able to act quickly, to be ready together."@en1
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