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DRAFT REPORT (COM (2024)0325 – C100088/2024 – 2024/0212(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 Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France relating to six natural disasters occurred in 2023.

BUDG-PR-763077

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Georgios Aftias

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This draft report concerns the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France after six natural disasters in 2023. It approves the Commission's proposal to provide financial aid. The report expresses solidarity with victims, welcomes the aid, and calls for expanding the fund's budget and improving communication and damage assessment.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends swift approval of the Commission proposal for a decision, leading to rapid mobilisation of the amounts, and calls for delivery with particular urgency.

Key points

  1. Expresses deepest solidarity with all victims and authorities affected by the floods in the five countries.
  2. Welcomes the decision as a tangible form of Union solidarity with citizens and regions in affected areas.
  3. Calls for better communication of EUSF benefits to increase public awareness of Union tools.
  4. Highlights the increasing number of natural disasters and urges the Commission to increase the EUSF and SEAR budgets.
  5. Stresses that EUSF is curative; calls for continued climate adaptation and mitigation, synergies with other policies, and best use of ERDF funds, without reducing other EU funding.
  6. Calls for rapid damage assessment and reduced time for advance payments while protecting the Union budget.
  7. Stresses the urgent need to release financial assistance through the EUSF to affected regions.
  8. Approves the decision annexed to the resolution.

Who is affected

  • Victims and authorities in Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France affected by the 2023 floods.
  • The European Commission, which is urged to increase budgets and improve procedures.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 8.5 billion in damages in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  • EUR 7.3 billion in damages in Slovenia.
  • EUR 208 million in damages in Austria.
  • EUR 2.3 billion in damages in Greece.
  • EUR 2.7 billion in damages in Tuscany, Italy.
  • EUR 1.9 billion in damages in France.
  • EUR 1 028 541 689 proposed mobilisation amount.