2 Amendments of Karlo RESSLER related to 2020/2127(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) in providing financial assistance to Member States and regions hit by natural disasters; welcomes the recent extension of the EUSF’s scope to major public health emergencies; strongly supports the recent reform of the advance payment system, which raises the level of advances from 10% to 25% of the expected contribution and from a maximum of EUR 30 million to EUR 100 million;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasises that in cases of severe earthquakes, such as the ones recently witnessed in Croatia, the mitigation of the consequences inherently takes more time than with other natural disasters; stresses that any future revision of the European Solidarity Fund (EUSF) should recognise this substantial difference, specifically in regard to sufficient absorption time beyond the current application deadlines;