Bez jaderné energie se Evropská unie neobejde

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IN ENGLISH: Twenty years after Chernobyl: Lessons for the future Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, even 20 years on, our minds still conjure up the horrors of the Chernobyl disaster; once again we see the incandescent gullet of the nuclear plant; once again we see the thousands of human lives snuffed out; once again we see children contaminated with huge doses of radiation. What is more, we read with alarm about the number of people who, as a result of Chernobyl, still die before their time. I was two months pregnant 20 years ago. As has been well-documented, my country, the then Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, did not escape the nuclear fallout. I would not want anybody to go through pregnancy with the gnawing, agonising fear of whether the child will be born healthy or a victim of the human errors, the propaganda lies and the arrogance of the regime. I am pleased that the EU has invested hundreds of millions of euros into softening the impact of the nuclear disaster and I believe that it is in the interests of every citizen of the EU-25 to contribute towards the new safe sarcophagus over the Chernobyl plant and towards gradually getting life back on track in the area around Chernobyl, within the realms of what is feasible. I travel to Ukraine and I see the endeavours of the people in this area. Ladies and gentlemen, despite all the horrors and fear that the word Chernobyl arouses to this day, I believe that we must admit that the EU cannot do without nuclear energy ...

Keywords: Jana, Bobošíková, Evropský, Parlament, jaderná, energie, European, Parliament, Nuclear, energy, Černobyl, Chernobyl, Bobosikova