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"I voted in favour of this motion for a resolution, because the devastating earthquake and the tsunami which struck Japan and the Pacific region on 11 March this year resulted in the death or disappearance of thousands of people and caused considerable material damage. The disaster also caused an extremely serious nuclear accident, which is affecting Fukushima nuclear power plant and constitutes a fresh threat. The Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, has stated that the country is facing its most serious crisis in 65 years, since the Second World War. At the same time I would like to offer the Japanese people my sympathy and support following this natural disaster and catastrophe which claimed many lives. I am pleased that the European Parliament also expresses its most complete solidarity with the Japanese people and government and presents its sincere condolences to the victims of this threefold disaster, bearing in mind that the human losses and material damage have not yet been fully assessed. It also welcomes the mobilisation, courage and determination of the Japanese people and of the authorities in response to this disaster, and calls on the Union and its Member States, as a priority, to give Japan and the disaster regions all necessary humanitarian, technical and financial aid and support. It is good that the Union immediately activated its Civil Protection Mechanism to coordinate its emergency aid. However, it is becoming clear that the disaster in Japan is forcing us to fundamentally reconsider the issue of nuclear security, and we must strengthen nuclear safety throughout the entire European Union."@en1
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