Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-06-16-Speech-3-541"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-06-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Floods in Central European countries, in particular Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100616.34.3-541"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-06-16-Speech-3-5422
lpv:speaker	lp:Monika Smolková2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; SMER-Sociálna demokracia (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2010-05-20--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"The floods which have affected almost all of Central Europe have been catastrophic for these countries. In Slovakia, the worst affected area was the east of the country, where I live, and I saw with my own eyes how the water has destroyed a lifetime’s work for some people. It has destroyed roads, houses, bridges, crops in the fields and, sadly, it has also taken human lives. The rainfall of an entire year fell in the course of one month. Flood defence measures were simply ineffective against such a volume of water. In the Košice municipality alone, more than 4 000 houses were under water. The small town of Kežmarok, which has 17 000 inhabitants, was almost completely inundated. People only recover from a disaster such as this with great difficulty. The water threat has not yet fully passed and there is already a risk of more. Water purification plants remained submerged after the flood, sources of drinking water are polluted, the effects of the hot weather threaten calamity from the proliferation of mosquitoes, and many roads and bridges are still impassable. A large number of family houses have been destroyed by landslides, and are no longer habitable. Despite the solidarity shown by people and the help of the state, there is an urgent need to draw on the resources of the Solidarity Fund. The sooner we help the affected regions, the sooner we will mitigate the suffering of people living in these areas. There is also considerable room for drawing funds from the Cohesion Fund. The joint draft resolution by a group of Members offers all kinds of solutions for assistance."@en1
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