Regions of the EU stricken by natural disaster can seek aid from the Union through the European civil protection mechanism, the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) or through cohesion policy, said Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu, visiting Madeira on Thursday 22 September.
In August, the Portuguese archipelago was devastated by wildfires resulting from the exceptionally high temperatures and dry weather. In a speech in which she expressed her solidarity with the people of Madeira, the...