In a report adopted by 498 votes in favour 35 against 20 abstentions by the committee Chairman, Gerardo Galeote Quecedo (EPP-ED, ES) on natural disasters, MEPs point out that fires once again destroyed thousands of hectares of forest in 2005 and have cost the lives of more than 30 civilians and firemen, and the phenomenon – which has become an annual scourge for the regions and countries affected – is getting worse.
Pieņemot Gerardo GALEOTE QUECEDO (PPE/DE, ES) sagatavoto ziņojumu par dabas katastrofām no reģionālās attīstības viedokļa, deputāti rosina Eiropas Komisiju izstrādāt jaunu direktīvu par ugunsgrēku novēršanu — tas ļautu efektīvāk izmatot ES un dalībvalstu resursus krīžu gadījumos.