Press release - Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain receive €279m after natural disasters in 2019

On Thursday, Budgets Committee Members approved 279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019.

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200520IPR79528/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20200520IPR79528/
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Countries, Geography of Europe, International organizations, Natural disaster, European Parliament, PORTUGAL, Earthquake
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  • On Thursday, Budgets Committee Members approved 279 million in EU aid following extreme weather events in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain in 2019.
  • Rapporteur Jos Manuel Fernandes , (EPP, PT): Following a series of natural disasters last year, the European Parliament is committed to helping Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria.
  • Since then, it intervened following 88 disasters covering a range of different catastrophic events including floods, forest fires, earthquakes, storms and drought.
  • To strengthen short-term EU crisis response, the EU adopted a new system called RescEU in March 2019.
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