Vratislav – States in Central and Jap Europe affected by floods will have the ability to use ten billion euros (250 billion CZK) from the EU Cohesion Fund, mentioned European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday in Vratislav. She desires the affected international locations to have the ability to use the cash as rapidly and as simply as potential. Based on Prime Minister Petr Fiala, who attended the assembly in Poland, the Czech Republic will obtain two billion euros (50 billion CZK).
The Fee President famous at a press convention that the union would mobilize the fund’s cash in an uncommon manner. It won’t require co-financing from member international locations, as is customary, however the support shall be totally coated by the EU. “Extraordinary instances name for extraordinary measures,” von der Leyen declared in Vratislav, which was at present experiencing a flood wave.
International locations affected by pure disasters also can use the European Solidarity Fund, which the union established after the Central European floods in 2002, to revive broken infrastructure. Based on von der Leyen, the Solidarity Fund can finance the restoration of highways, roads, or bridges. EU cohesion funds can then be “flexibly drawn on to revive the affected nation.”
Fiala, who attended the assembly together with the heads of governments of Poland, Slovakia, and Austria, Donald Tusk, Robert Fico, and Karl Nehammer, praised the cooperation between rescuers in particular person international locations and in addition the preventive measures taken prior to now, which, in response to him, is why the injury from the floods will not be as nice as earlier than. “Now we have to restore the infrastructure, and it will be tough to take action from nationwide budgets, so I’m glad that Ursula von der Leyen has give you concrete options,” he famous. Based on him, the Czech Republic will obtain two billion euros from European funds. (September 19)
