Press Release: Commissioner Hahn to visit Madeira (Portugal) to express EU’s solidarity towards victims of severe storms

Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, is in Madeira on 6 and 7 March 2010 to see at first-hand the devastation caused by the floods which hit the Portuguese island on 20 February. He will assess the damage and discuss scope for EU support with the President of Madeira’s regional government, Alberto João Jardim. This visit follows up a meeting the Commissioner held with the Portuguese Interior Minister, Mr Rui Pereira, in Bruges (Belgium) on 26 February.