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"en.20110927.26.2-378-000"2
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"Europe, like the rest of the planet, is experiencing more frequent and more extreme disasters, both natural and man-made. The fatal fires, especially of Mediterranean forests, which plague Greece nearly every summer, are just one form of disaster. Disasters have cost Europe a total of over EUR 210 billion in the last twenty years. This growing trend needs two main strategies. Firstly, we need to organise at European level, given that natural disasters know no borders, and secondly, we need to develop a fully operational European Civil Protection Mechanism. The Treaty of Lisbon satisfies both these preconditions, by establishing new legal bases for civil protection, on the one hand, and for humanitarian aid, on the other, in order to guarantee a fast and effective response to disasters both inside and outside the EU. A European Civil Protection Mechanism, backed by appropriate resources and the necessary expertise to guarantee its success, is in everyone’s interest. These points are addressed in this report, which is why I voted in favour of it."@en1
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