Solidarity with Italy: €1.2 billion of EU funds to support reconstruction works after the earthquakes

On 21 June 2017 the Commission proposes to mobilise €1.2 billion under the EU Solidarity Fund, the highest sum ever mobilised in a single instalment, following the earthquakes of 2016 and 2017 in the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and Umbria.

The EU Solidarity Fund supported reconstruction operations and regenerated economic activity in the affected regions. The money were also used to cover the costs of emergency services, temporary accommodations and clean-up operation, and of protection measures for cultural heritage sites, in order to relieve the financial burden borne by the Italian authorities at the time.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Earthquakes in Italy: Commission increases support to affected farming communities http://www.europeansources.info/record/earthquakes-in-italy-commission-increases-support-to-affected-farming-communities/

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