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Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025

TA-10-2025-0274 · P10_TA(2025)0274 · PE778.223

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Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Spain and France after natural disasters in 2024 and 2025, and calls for faster, more flexible aid and greater investment in prevention.

Key points

  1. Expresses solidarity with victims and authorities in Valencia, Mayotte and Réunion, and welcomes the decision as tangible Union solidarity.
  2. Calls on Member States and the Commission to increase investments in prevention, climate mitigation and adaptation, and emergency preparedness.
  3. Calls for an assessment of the Union budget's financial capacity and a possible increase in EUSF resources to match disaster magnitude.
  4. Stresses the need for synergies with other Union funds and for Member States to use ERDF, ESF+ and rural development programmes.
  5. Calls on the Commission to assess requests to reallocate funds from National Recovery and Resilience plans to disaster assistance.
  6. Encourages use of digital tools, satellite data and early-warning systems, and stresses that EUSF aid should not reduce other Union funding.
  7. Recalls that RESTORE and EAFRD measures provide additional assistance and urges Member States to use them.
  8. Regrets the average one-year delay for EUSF grants to reach beneficiaries and calls for faster damage assessment and advanced payments.
  9. Urges immediate financial assistance and reduced time between application and financing decision, with simplified procedures.
  10. Approves the decision annexed to the resolution.

Who is affected

  • Victims and authorities in Valencia, Spain, and Mayotte and Réunion, France, receive EUSF assistance.
  • Member States and the Commission are called on to increase prevention investments and use other funds.
  • Businesses, SMEs, families and affected citizens should receive EUSF aid promptly.

Figures and deadlines

  • Total direct damages in Spain estimated at EUR 18,08 billion, affecting 845 000 people and causing at least 229 fatalities.
  • Damages in Mayotte estimated at EUR 3,6 billion, affecting 337 000 people and causing at least 39 fatalities.
  • Damages in Réunion estimated at EUR 849,45 million, affecting 160 000 people and causing at least 4 fatalities.