Zapobieganie katastrofom naturalnym - wyjaśnienie do głosowania...

Zapraszamy do lektury wyjaśnienia do głosowania nad raportem posła Joao Ferreiry na temat zapobiegania klęskom żywiołowym oraz katastrofom spowodowanym przez człowieka. Poseł Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg głosowała "za" sprawozdaniem, treść wyjaśnienia (w języku angielskim) można przeczytać poniżej:

I would like to thank MEP Ferreira for his initiative in putting forth a motion for a European Parliament resolution on this issue of such wide-reaching relevance and importance.

As a Polish citizen, I have seen and experienced the traumatic effects of natural disasters - in particular those of floods - on my nation's general well-being. Furthermore, as a European citizen, I recognize the importance of a European-level, solidarity-based prevention mechanism.

Let me also take this opportunity to highlight that we have concrete instruments which oblige Member States to develop prevention mechanisms against natural disasters. I mean specifically the Floods Directive. The recent example of Poland shows the consequences of lack of proper implementation of this legal act.

Natural disasters do not discriminate, and neither should the prevention nor response effort. It is my belief that when what is at stake is human life, as well as the environment, economy, and security of any nation or region, the issue becomes less a political one and more so a moral one.

It is in this line of reasoning that I would like to join my colleagues in voting "yes" to this motion for resolution.

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