EU announces 10 bln euro fund for flood-hit countries


By Cui LiZhang Zhang
  • World
  • Friday, 20 Sep 2024

WARSAW, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in Poland on Thursday evening that flood-hit countries will have access to a 10 billion euro (11 billion U.S. dollar) fund from the European Union (EU).

The announcement came at a meeting in Wroclaw, also attended by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the Czech and Slovakian Prime Ministers, and the Austrian Chancellor.

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