The European Parliament adopted by 592 votes to 9, with 43 abstentions, a resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany.
Parliament approved the decision annexed to the resolution.
The proposal seeks to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide EUR 31 475 125 both in commitment and in payment appropriations to Germany, in the framework of the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2016, following the floods, affecting Lower Bavaria, especially the district of Rottal-Inn, in May and June 2016.