MEPs consider that the European Union is not sufficiently equipped to deal with natural disasters, the frequency and scale of which are increasing with global warming, and called for a strengthening of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, with some even suggesting the creation of a new fund, in an exchange with the European Commission on Tuesday 14 September.
Thus, the chair of the European Parliament’s Regional Development Committee (REGI), Younous Omarjee...