22/09/23 (Agence Europe) – On her return from a visit to the region of Thessaly on Thursday 21 September, the Chairwoman of the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and to five Commissioners, calling for “extraordinary and urgent measures” commensurate with the scale of the damage caused by the floods in Greece. She believes that, in addition to the funds available under cohesion policy, allocations from the EU Solidarity Fund should be increased, given the “growing frequency” of climate-related disasters. Ms García referred to the recent comments made by the President of the Commission on how to help Greece deal with its current difficulties (see EUROPE 13248/24). The agricultural crisis reserve will also be mobilised (see EUROPE 13253/12). Link to the letter: https://aeur.eu/f/8pi (LC)