The experience it has gained in this field, and the excellent pre
parations that have been made and which I have seen for myself, will be a great help in dealing with the various challenges that await you
, starting with the terrible disaster in Asia. The latter showed that there is an urgent need for humanitarian aid to be coordinated on the ground, and should encourage us to set up the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps, as provided for by t
he Constitution, as soon as possib ...[+++]le.
L’expérience acquise et l’excellente préparation, dont je peux témoigner, seront les bienvenues pour relever les différents défis qui vous attendent, à commencer par la terrible catastrophe en Asie, laquelle a démontré l’urgence de la coordination de l’aide humanitaire sur place et devrait nous encourager à mettre en place le plus rapidement possible le corps volontaire européen d’assistance humanitaire que prévoit la Constitution.