Finally, as I have been talking about the lessons to be learnt from this natural disaster, I would also like to emphasise how seriously – and I have said this within the College – I take the idea of improving the coordination of different countries’ resources in terms of the civil defence of their people. Personally, I am in favour of the idea of a European civil defence force, which I believe will be extremely useful with regard to the citizens and the problems that still remain.
Enfin, puisque j’ai parlé des leçons que nous devons tirer de cette catastrophe naturelle, je tiens à souligner aussi l’attention que je porte - et je l’ai dit au sein du collège - à l’idée, relayée au Parlement européen, de mieux coordonner les moyens des différents États en matière de protection civile.