On Wednesday, MEPs with 643 votes in favour, 13 against, and 35 abstentions endorsed a Commission proposal to provide financial help to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Moldova, and Bosnia and Herzegovina to deal with the consequences of severe flooding in September and October 2024.

The € 280,740,903 in aid from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) will be distributed as follows:

• Austria: €42.8 million
• Czechia: €114 million
• Poland: €76 million
• Slovakia: €2.1 million
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: €45.7 million
• Moldova: €195,200

The funds will support a wide range of recovery measures, including infrastructure repair, temporary accommodation, improvements to preventive infrastructure, protecting cultural heritage sites, and clean-up operations.

MEPs expressed their deepest solidarity with the victims, their families, and all the individuals affected by the destructive floods. They also said the Commission should substantially expand the EUSF budget or its…