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欧洲国家要求从爆发的大肠杆菌索取更多赔偿

2011-06-08来源:CCTV9

Agricultural ministers from across Europe have angrily rejected an initial compensation offer by the EU farm chief for farmers who have been suffering huge losses due to the E-coli outbreak.
整个欧洲国家的农业部长都非常生气地拒绝欧盟农业部首席长官为因爆发大肠杆菌而遭受巨大损失的农民提出的初期赔偿。

The ministers are demanding more money for farmers. So far, the vegetable contamination crisis has killed 24 people and infected over 2400.
部长们要求为农民提供更多赔偿。到目前为止,蔬菜污染危机已经导致24人死亡,超过2400人受到感染。

European Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos initially offered up to 150 million euros to compensate struggling farmers, who now have tons of unwanted cucumbers and tomatoes rotting in fields and warehouses. European consumers shun vegetables, fearing they are contaminated with a deadly strain of the E. coli bacteria.
欧盟农业委员会委员Dacian Ciolos起初提供超过1.5亿欧元赔偿给困境中的农民,现在,他们的农田和仓库有许多腐烂的黄瓜和番茄。欧洲消费者拒绝蔬菜,担心它们受到这种致命的大肠杆菌的污染。

Spain and France, Europe's traditional vegetable producers, rejected the offer, insisting on more compensation.
西班牙和法国的的传统蔬菜生产商拒绝这个提议,坚持要求更多的赔偿。

Spanish Agriculture Minister Rosa Aguilar Rivero, said, "The 150 million euros proposed by the commission is completely insufficient, we haven't accepted it, so Spain, and the majority of member states have asked the Agriculture Commissioner to come up with a new proposal that is a substantial increase on the initial offer."
西班牙农业部长Rosa Aguilar Rivero说:“欧盟委员会提出的1.5亿欧元是完全不够的,我们没有接受,所以,西班牙和其他主要成员国已经要求农业委员会提出新建议,要比最初提供的金额大幅度提高。”

French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire has also expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation.
法国农业部长Bruno Le Maire也表明了他对当今情况不满意。

He said, "Today the Agriculture commissioner has realized the gravity of the crisis and he has seen the necessity to give compensation to producers and to put on the table a first offer of 150 million Euros. We will not rule out the offer, but this is only a first gesture, a starting point, we now have to measure the losses and compensate them."
他说:“今天,农业委员会已经意识到危机的严重性,他已经看到对生产商给予赔偿的必要性,并公开起初提供的1.5亿欧元。我们不会拒绝这个提议,但是这只是第一步,一个起点,我们现在必须计算这些损失然后给他们提供赔偿。”

EU Agricultural Ministers say European farmers are seeing losses up to 417 million Euros a week so far, and the compensations should make up some of their losses.
欧盟农业部长称欧洲农民到目前为止每周损失了超过4.17亿欧元,这个赔偿金额应该弥补他们的损失。

The ministers have finally received assurances from Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos that he would come back to them and will substantially improve the offer to compensate farmers through June.
部长们最终得到农业委员会委员Dacian Ciolos的保证:他会回到他们之中,实质上在六月提高提供给农民的赔偿金。