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"en.20130115.20.2-227-625"2
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"The EU Solidarity Fund was established in 2002 to enable the EU to provide limited financial support to Member States and regions affected by major natural disasters such as flooding and severe storms. Since then, financial aid amounting to almost EUR 3.2 billion from the Fund has been allocated almost 50 times, including EUR 13 million in response to the severe flooding that affected parts of Ireland in November 2009. I agree with the resolution’s suggestions as regards simplifying the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund, clarifying the access criteria, particularly as regards regional disasters, and the need to reconsider the intervention thresholds in order to better respond to the increasingly frequent and serious disasters that are occurring all across Europe. I also agree with keeping the Fund outside the Community budget since it is impossible to know in advance how much it will be needed. In view of its limited budget, the EU Solidarity Fund can only ever play a small part in helping communities recover from natural disasters. But it is one of the important symbols of European solidarity. I hope the Commission will now carefully consider Parliament’s suggestions to improve it."@en1
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