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REPORT (COM(2025)0855 – C100239/2025 – 2025/0318(BUD))

On the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Spain regarding the floods in the Valencia Region of Spain in October 2024 and France following the damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte in December 2024 and cyclone Garance in Réunion in February 2025

A-10-2025-0215

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Sandra Gómez López

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Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Spain after the Valencia floods and France after cyclones in Mayotte and Réunion. It stresses the need for timely aid, increased prevention investment, and better use of other EU funds for disaster response.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets recommends swift approval of the Commission proposal for a decision, leading to rapid mobilisation of the amounts.

Key points

  1. Expresses solidarity with victims and authorities in Spain and France affected by the disasters.
  2. Welcomes the decision as Union solidarity but notes it does not replace local, regional, and national responsibility for prevention and management.
  3. Calls for increased investment in prevention, climate mitigation, adaptation, and emergency preparedness; stresses disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations and SMEs.
  4. Calls for assessment of the Union budget's capacity and possible increase in EUSF resources; stresses EUSF is not the sole instrument for major disasters.
  5. Calls for action to meet Paris Agreement commitments, synergies with other EU funds, and urgent assessment of reallocating Recovery and Resilience funds to disaster assistance.
  6. Encourages use of digital tools, satellite data, and early-warning systems; stresses EUSF aid should not reduce other EU funding.
  7. Recalls that RESTORE and EAFRD measures provide additional assistance; urges Member States to use these opportunities.
  8. Regrets that EUSF grants take on average one year to reach beneficiaries; calls for faster damage assessment and reduced time for advance payments.
  9. Stresses urgent need for immediate financial assistance and reducing time between application and financing decision; calls for prompt delivery to final recipients.
  10. Notes that the proposed governance of the post-2027 successor is not in line with Parliament's position of 7 May 2025.
  11. Approves the decision annexed to the resolution.

Who is affected

  • Victims and affected populations in Valencia, Mayotte, and Réunion, including businesses, SMEs, families, and local authorities.
  • Member States and the Commission, called to increase prevention investments and use EUSF and other funds effectively.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 18.08 billion total direct damages in Spain; 229 fatalities.
  • EUR 3.6 billion total direct damages in Mayotte; 39 fatalities.
  • EUR 849.45 million total direct damages in Réunion; 4 fatalities.
  • EUR 1 057 018 077 proposed mobilisation for Spain and France.
  • EUR 928 376 487 total available allocation for EUSF in 2025.