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Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods that occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods that occurred in October 2024

TA-10-2025-0152 · P10_TA(2025)0152 · PE774.284

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Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina after floods in 2024, and calls for faster, larger disaster funding.

Key points

  1. Expresses solidarity with flood victims and authorities in the six affected countries.
  2. Welcomes the decision as a tangible form of Union solidarity.
  3. Calls for public communication of EUSF benefits to raise awareness.
  4. Calls on Member States and the Commission to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation; urges a substantial expansion of the EUSF budget and faster mobilisation, including higher advance payments.
  5. Calls on the Commission to develop dedicated crisis-response instruments for post-2027, with better coordination and support for cross-border cooperation.
  6. Stresses the EUSF is curative; urges preventive measures, climate-resilient reconstruction, and use of other funds; calls for urgent assessment of reallocations in recovery plans.
  7. Recalls RESTORE and EAFRD measures provide additional assistance; urges Member States to use them.
  8. Calls for rapid damage assessment and faster advance payments, prioritising vulnerable groups.
  9. Stresses urgent need for immediate financial assistance through the EUSF.
  10. Approves the decision annexed to the resolution.

Who is affected

  • Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina receive EUSF assistance for flood damages.
  • Member States and the Commission are called to invest in climate measures and use other funds for disaster response.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 1 711,6 million in direct damages in Austria.
  • EUR 3,04 billion in direct damages in Poland.
  • EUR 2,82 billion in direct damages in Czechia.
  • EUR 84,3 million in direct damages in Slovakia.
  • EUR 7,8 million in direct damages in Moldova.
  • EUR 841,85 million in direct damages in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 413 000 people affected, at least 335 lives lost, at least EUR 18 billion in damage in Europe in 2024.