EUR 80mn in aid from European Solidarity Fund
EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn announced on Friday an aid package worth nearly EUR 80mn for flood recovery in Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria.
Friday, 10.10.2014.
16:48
EUR 80mn in aid from European Solidarity Fund
According to a release by the European Commission, Serbia should get EUR 60.2 million, Croatia EUR 8.96 million and Bulgaria EUR 10.5 million.The aid will help the countries restore vital infrastructure and services, reimburse the cost of emergency and rescue operations, and help cover some of the clean-up costs in the disaster-stricken regions.
Serbia, which is currently in negotiations to join the EU - and therefore eligible for the Fund - suffered the worst of the damage.
“The floods most severely hit the districts of Kolubara, Mačva, Morava, Pomoravlje, and part of Belgrade, with detrimental effects for some 1.6 million inhabitants,” the release notes.
Hahn, who oversees the Fund and signed today's proposal, said: "This decision reflects the very nature of this Fund, which is solidarity with our fellow Member States and those counties negotiating accession in their time of need after natural disasters.”
“The European Solidarity Fund helps these countries get back on their feet and regain stability which is threatened by the severe damage to economic sectors such as tourism, or destruction of essential infrastructure,” he said.
“This proposed support will help Serbia, Bulgaria and Croatia to recover from the terrible flooding earlier this year and it will help to reimburse rescue and clean-up costs in the affected regions," Hahn said.
He noted that in June the bloc reformed the European Solidarity Fund rules and simplified the existing system and criteria so that aid can be paid out more rapidly than before.
“Now we trust member states will also show solidarity and stand by their commitments in swiftly agreeing the funds set aside for this purpose," Hahn said.
The support, under the European Solidarity Fund, still needs to be approved by the European Parliament and the Council.
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