EU financial assistance for severe weather damage in Lazio and Tuscany
4.2.2014
Question for written answer P-001089-14
to the Commission
Rule 117
Alfredo Antoniozzi (PPE)
Exceptionally heavy rain which continued unabated for three days recently caused severe damage in Rome (in particular in the thirteenth and fifteenth municipalities), Fiumicino, Isola Sacra and towns to the north of Rome, as well as in the provinces of Pisa and Livorno.
Widespread flooding, subsidence and landslides damaged homes, infrastructure, businesses and crops. The authorities are still in the process of assessing the full cost of the damage, which would appear to be very extensive.
In response to this emergency, can the Commission:
- 1.Mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund, which was set up to provide financial support to areas hit by natural disasters?
- 2.Look into whether EU Civil Protection Mechanism tools and funding can be brought to bear in this instance?
- 3.Look into what other sources of funding may be used to help make damaged infrastructure safe?
- 4.Say whether it intends to explore the possibility of introducing new preventive measures at EU level and making fresh funds available for infrastructure that is vulnerable to natural disasters?
OJ C 353, 07/10/2014