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"en.20111114.18.1-123-000"2
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"Mr President, much has been said over recent days about the volcano on the island of El Hierro, in the Canary Islands.
I was there last Friday and experienced for myself, along with the people of El Hierro, an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale. I can assure you that it was not a pleasant situation to be in.
However, it was even more unpleasant to see the situation in which the thousands of inhabitants of this small and very European island find themselves, with their lives determined by the volcano and continuous seismic activity.
The tunnel linking the two main cities on the island is closed, people cannot go out to fish, and businesses are being closed down. People are seeing a major crisis grow to terrible proportions, and they can do nothing but wait.
This wait is unsustainable from an economic perspective. Fishermen, farmers, small business owners, hoteliers and society as a whole all urgently need Europe’s assistance and economic support in order to tackle not only the present situation, but also an uncertain future.
The European Union must be where it is needed. That place today, more than ever, is the island of El Hierro."@en1
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