Ljubljana/Strasbourg – The Slovenian authorities introduced that it’ll help the nations of Central and Southeastern Europe, which have been hit by floods today, with particular flood intervention models or materials help amounting to as much as 600,000 euros. Materials help has already been despatched to the Czech Republic.
Slovenia, which itself obtained nice solidarity from different EU members in the course of the devastating floods final August, despatched 260 dehumidifiers to the Czech Republic by means of the union’s civil safety mechanism on Wednesday, the Slovenian Ministry of Protection introduced.
The Slovenian humanitarian organizations Crimson Cross and Caritas have additionally began gathering help. The Crimson Cross of Slovenia has donated 25,000 euros from its solidarity fund to the nationwide Crimson Cross societies of Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania.
Because the European Commissioner for Disaster Administration Janez Lenarčič said within the debate within the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the floods have affected almost two million individuals.
“This tragedy isn’t an anomaly, it has grow to be the norm for our future,” he warned, advocating for higher safety in opposition to such disasters. “Each euro invested in catastrophe prevention and preparedness normally pays off within the type of prevented losses, response prices, and different advantages,” stated the outgoing European Commissioner from Slovenia.
European MPs, amongst them predominantly these from the union members most severely affected by the floods, referred to as for solidarity and help within the debate. Slovenian MEPs Marjan Šarec (Renew/Svoboda) and Matjaž Nemec (S&D/SD) additionally spoke, reminding of the EU solidarity throughout final 12 months’s floods in Slovenia. (September 18)
