On Friday 26 August, a European source told EUROPE that Italy has 12 weeks from 24 August - the date it was struck by a violent earthquake - to ask for the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to be mobilised.
The 12-week timeframe was defined to leave time for the competent authorities that want to request the EUSF to assess the cost of the damage caused by a natural disaster - in this case, the cost of the damage caused by the earthquake that devastated the region of Umbria (EUROPE 11608).
The EUSF...