30/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - Council of Ministers of the EU preparatory bodies recently accepted proposals for granting €109.377 million in aid for 2009 from the EU Solidarity Fund. This aid, which has to be formally agreed to by the Council and European Parliament, will go to France, in support of the damages caused in January this year, by Hurricane Klaus in the South West of the country. (L.C./transl.rh)