04/11/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 4 November, the ambassadors of the EU Member States (Coreper II) approved the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to the tune of €718.48 million to help European countries affected by natural disasters in 2021. Germany could therefore benefit from more than €612 million, Belgium from €87 million, the Netherlands from €4.7 million, Austria from €797,000, and Luxembourg from €1.8 million for flooding. Spain could receive more than €9.4 million for the volcano eruption in La Palma, and Greece could be given more than €1.3 million for the earthquake in Crete. The proposal, put forward by the European Commission, will have to be adopted by the EU Council. In the European Parliament, it is currently being examined by the Committee on Budgets (BUDG). (HS)