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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10278

16 December 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/disasters
High time EU had enhanced disaster response capacity

Brussels, 15/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - It is time to end the wrangling. The Parliament calls for an EU civil protection force to be set in place immediately with the necessary technological and technical means needed to provide relief within 24 hours of a disaster striking. This request is set out in a recommendation adopted on Tuesday in Strasbourg (557 votes to 32 and 72 abstentions). “The EU needs a more coordinated, coherent and visible response capacity to face major disasters outside...

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