The European Parliament has adopted a rescue package of € 800 million



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Most of the aid, 683.7 million euros, will go to Croatia to recover from the earthquake in and around Zagreb in March. The first tranche of 88.9 million euros was disbursed in August.

Poland will receive more than seven million euros to recover from the June floods in the Podkarpackie region, Poland. , Croatia and Poland. Hungary will receive an advance of 26.6 million euros (approximately 9.5 billion HUF) pending the full processing of its applications, it was announced.

The 19 countries of the European Union – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain – and three countries Candidates – Albania, Montenegro and Serbia: requested assistance to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus epidemic. Seven of them will receive an advance, to which Parliament has already contributed.

The support is funded by the European Union Solidarity Fund. The Fund provides financial assistance to interested Member States and candidate countries after major natural disasters. As part of the EU’s emergency response to the coronavirus epidemic, the Union has expanded the fund to cover serious public health emergencies.

Shortly after approval by the EU Parliament, the Council, made up of representatives of the Member State governments, can make a final decision on the aid.

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