On Thursday 26 January, the European Commission adopted a draft amending budget, the first for the 2017 budget of the EU, for the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund in the amount of €71.5 million, following natural disasters (see EUROPE 11710, 11703).
This envelope of the Solidarity Fund corresponds to €60 million following flooding in the United Kingdom and €7.3 million and nearly €4 million for Cyprus and Portugal respectively, to tackle the consequences of periods of drought...