On Monday 23 September, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a decision to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to the tune of €1 billion for Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France following natural disasters in 2023.
The aid will be taken from the EU budget for 2024 and totals €1,028.54 million in commitment and payment appropriations, including €231.78 million in the form of an advance (see EUROPE 13469/1): €446.64 million for Italy, following floods in the Emilia-Romagna region in May 2023 (€378.83 million), including an advance of €94.71 million, and in the Tuscany region in October/November 2023 (€67.81 million); €428.41 million for Slovenia (floods in August 2023), including an advance of €100 million; €5.20 million for Austria (floods in August 2023); €101.53 million for Greece (Storm ‘Daniel’ in the region of Thessaly, in September 2023), including €25.38 million in advance; €46.76 million for France (floods in November 2023), including €11.69 million in advance. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)