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"en.20140227.5.4-042-000"2
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"Mr President, the recent record-breaking heavy rain and wind has caused a huge amount of damage right across the UK. For example, north and west Wales has had terrible flooding, and this flooding I have seen for myself. In other parts of the UK as well, such as Somerset and the Thames Valley, thousands of houses and businesses have been flooded, and roads and railways have been disrupted or even destroyed. This bad weather is not just recent, it started months ago.
In January of this year I wrote to the UK Government saying that it should apply to the European Solidarity Fund for money for these areas. It is only the UK Government, as a Member State, that can apply for this money. Unfortunately, it seems reluctant to do so: maybe because it will impact on the UK rebate; maybe because the government is embarrassed to come to the European Union and ask for money when it spends so much time criticising the EU. The government should put all these things aside. It should put the flooded areas and flooded communities first and not Treasury finances. Once again, I call on the UK Government to apply for this funding from the European Union."@en1
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