On Tuesday 14 November, the European Commission announced that the previous day it had adopted a decision granting Italy an advance of €94.7 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to ease the financial burden following the devastating floods in the Emilia-Romagna region in May 2023.
The European Commissioner for Cohesion, Elisa Ferreira, said that this aid was “needed now more than ever before to alleviate the social, economic and environmental costs caused by these...