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| A PROPOSAL FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (14.08.07) |
| (2007-08-14) |
| Last updated: 2007-08-15 15:59 EET |
The Romanian Government’s European Affairs Department and the Ministry of Agriculture have jointly suggested that Romania calls on the EU to set up a faster intervention mechanism meant to avert the devastating effects of drought and flooding. The idea bore fruit this year as recently Romania has been plagued by a drought whose effects have been the most powerful in dozens of years, the aftermath of peak year 1946 being by far outdone.
Last week’s drought was followed by downpours that have caused severe flooding across the country. Flooding is anything but new to Romanians, as for quite a few years now they have been faced with two or three such flooding bouts per year. Less so with the drought, although in recent years its effects have showed their signs across the country.
The head of the European Affairs Department, Adrian Ciocanea, told a press conference on Monday that jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture he will suggest that the Romanian Government asks the European Commission to set up a faster intervention mechanism meant to stave off the effects of drought and flooding that do not affect only Romania but also its neighbors. Bulgaria has already asked for Brussels’s support to help them deal with the situation created by flooding.
The current system by means of which farmers get support from the EU to combat the effects of flooding and drought does not allow for a fast intervention, the Romanian official said. However, the aforementioned proposal stands little chances of becoming an implementable European directive any time soon, because of both Romanian and EU bureaucracy.
Such a claim should be placed on the Romanian government’s table, after having previously been passed by the Inter-ministry Committee for European Affairs due to convene in September at the behest of the Romanian Prime Minister. After the Romanian Government has analysed, completed and approved it, the proposal will then be presented at the first meeting of the European Agriculture Ministers, only to pursue its’ community meandering paths towards approval…..or rejection! To avoid the latter version, Romania will have to come up with a thorough account of this proposal and, Ciocanea says, will have to back up specific elements such as the single grant scheme for farmers within a pre-established timeframe, as well as the compulsory check-up of the financial aid’s destination.
Adrian Ciocanea went on to say that also with the Inter-ministry Committee he will advise the government to set up a working group whose clear task will be to define Romania’s stance on the revision of the European Union budget for 2008-2009. A revision in which agriculture should be a priority given that two countries with a huge agricultural potential have entered the EU, namely Poland and Romania.
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