MEPs back proposal to mobilise EU Solidarity Fund for assistance to Cyprus, Portugal and the United Kingdom

The European Parliament's plenary session approved on 5 April 2017 the allocation of €71.5 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help repair damage caused by natural disasters in three member states.

+ Floods in the United Kingdom, December 2015;
+ Drought and fires in Cyprus, October 2015 to June 2016;
+ Fires in the Portuguese island of Madeira, August 2016.

The proposal was put forward by the European Commission in January 2017.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: EU Solidarity Fund http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-solidarity-fund/

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