The budget committee of the European Parliament endorsed financial aid to the tune of EUR 6 400 000.

The sum is to be spent for overcoming the aftermath of the floods earlier this year. The sum is part of a package of EUR 16.3 million for restoring the infrastructure of Bulgaria and Greece. The money is to come from the Solidarity Fund.

The Parliament is to voice its final resolution on a plenary sitting by end October. At the request of Bulgaria and Greece the European Commission has now granted 10% of the envisaged sum for urgent repair works.