31/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 28 August, the European Commission adopted proposals (a decision and a draft amending budget) that will allow the mobilisation, in 2009, of €493.7 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund for Italy (see EUROPE 9947). In April 2009, the Italian region of Abruzzo suffered a powerful earthquake which cost the lives of 300 people and caused widespread and significant damage. The European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers have to adopt the texts...