EU Solidarity Fund: Commission supports Germany after the floods in Bavaria

In May and June 2016, the region of Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) in Germany was affected by heavy spells of rainfall triggering rivers to burst their banks and flooding in several villages. The disaster caused damage to public infrastructure and buildings, private homes, businesses and farmland.

To restore essential infrastructure, reimburse the cost of emergency measures and cover the costs of some of the clean-up operations, the European Commission proposed mobilising aid worth €31.5 million from the EU Solidarity Fund.