Press Release: EU Commission President pledges swift delivery of EU Tsunami aid

Speaking as governments and aid agencies from around the world met at the UN donor conference to plan the use of aid, European Commission President Barroso pledged that the EU would deliver its promised aid (up to €450 million and an EIB lending facility of up to €1 billion) on time. The European Commission met in Strasbourg on 11 January 2005 to review the EU response to the tsunami disaster and examine possible further actions - on food aid, trade, fisheries, civil protection, research and health - which might be taken to assist the relief effort.