July 22, 2021 19:05 PM
The German Federal Cabinet approved an emergency assistance plan on the 21st
The German Federal Cabinet approved an emergency assistance program on the 21st, which will be jointly funded by the federal and the states with a total of 400 million euros for the implementation of assistance to areas in the country that have suffered rare floods.
As of that day, the floods had killed more than 170 people in Germany. The floods caused huge damage to the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lafach and Bavaria in the south of Germany.
According to the plan approved by the German Federal Cabinet on the same day, the German Federal Government and the relevant federal states will each allocate 200 million euros for emergency aid to the disaster areas.
German Interior Minister Seehofer said when introducing the plan in Berlin that day that the first batch of emergency assistance was mainly targeted at those who lost everything in the flood. This money will be used to help people who are in distress to tide over the difficulties as soon as possible, and to make up for the damage caused by the floods to local houses, agricultural and forestry production and business operations. In addition, the German government will also apply for assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund.
The German Federal Government said on the same day that, considering the scope of post-disaster repair and reconstruction, the affected states are expected to undertake a huge workload in the next few months to several years. Past experience has shown that relevant reconstruction work may cost billions of euros, and the German Federal Government will provide financial support to the states for this purpose.
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