{"id":121998,"date":"2022-11-10T03:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=121998"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:49:28","slug":"european-council-agrees-9-5-million-euro-aid-for-spain-following-the-volcano-on-la-palma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/european-council-agrees-9-5-million-euro-aid-for-spain-following-the-volcano-on-la-palma\/","title":{"rendered":"European Council agrees 9.5 million euro aid for Spain following the volcano on La Palma"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Council decided to amend its yearly budget to provide \u20ac668 million in disaster relief aid to Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Greece and Austria<\/strong>. The money will be used to repair damage inflicted by the major natural disasters that hit these seven member states in 2021.<\/p>\n

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In practice this means that the EU transfers money from the solidarity and emergency aid reserve in its budget to the so-called\u00a0EU solidarity fund<\/strong>\u00a0operational budget line, from where it can be paid to member states which were struck by natural disasters and which apply for financial assistance from this fund. The solidarity fund is designed to provide financial assistance in the event of a major disaster in a member state or a country holding accession negotiations with the EU.<\/p>\n

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The aid will be distributed as follows:<\/p>\n