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"I voted in favour of the reports by Ms Balzani and Mr Fernandes because the reconstruction of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto, where the earthquakes of last May caused severe damage, is also the responsibility of the European Union. Today we voted on a fundamental proposal, confirming the agreement already reached in the Council on the Commission’s proposal to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for a total amount of EUR 670 192 359 in commitment and payment appropriations following a series of earthquakes in Northern Italy in May 2012. The EUSF will help cofinance reconstruction of the affected areas and economic recovery in one of the most important, representative and productive industrial and agro-food regions in Italy.
This is the largest mobilisation of the EUSF since it was set up and, especially in view of the initial stalemate reached at the Competiveness Council last week, it sends a positive signal of how seriously the European Union takes its commitments. The earthquakes that for weeks devastated the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, causing damage to all economic sectors, constituted a natural disaster to which Europe could not remain blind."@en1
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