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"en.20131121.3.4-022-000"2
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"Mr President, yesterday in this Chamber I had a sharp exchange with our colleague Mr Claude Turmes. He believes that the recent flood tragedy in Sardinia was caused by climate change and that those of us who argue against manmade climate change are, therefore, somehow responsible. I told him that the disaster was caused by the weather. It seems that we were both wrong. Immediately after our exchange, I was approached by our Italian colleague, Ms Susy De Martini, who has followed the issue closely and has met the Mayor of Olbia, Mr Giovanelli. He does not believe that the flood was caused by global warming: he blames the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact, which has denied Sardinia the funding it needs to manage its water courses.
The flood in Sardinia was caused not by global warming, but by a failure to dredge the river. Ms De Martini is so concerned about this problem she has tabled a written question to Italian Commissioner Antonio Tajani. The House and Mr Turmes may like to note that natural disasters can have much more mundane and down to earth causes than global warming."@en1
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