EU Council agreed to the Commission’s proposal to provide a total of EUR 454.8 million in disaster relief aid to Romania and Italy, to repair damage inflicted by natural disasters in 2022, and to Türkiye, about the earthquakes in February 2023.
Romania is to receive EUR 33.9 million in assistance for the severe and broad drought with three main peaks, respectively, at the end of March, in mid-April, and in July-August 2022.
Italy got EUR 20.9 million for the intense rainfall resulting in fluvial and flash flood events affecting the central Italian regions in September 2022, and Türkiye EUR 400 million in assistance to the major earthquakes affecting southern Türkiye in February 2023.
