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The municipality of Lorca receive 21 million euros from the Solidarity Fund of the European Union to alleviate the damage suffered by the May 11 earthquake.
The amount of such aid, refundable and can only be requested by a Member State, means that for the first time the EU attaches to Spain the maximum of the amount requested to support this initiative for disasters, and is based on the report prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the various departments of the Autonomous Community of the consequences of earthquakes, in coordination with the city of Lorca, the EU itself and the Ministry of Economy.
Councilor Salvador Marin said "is big news in obtaining these funds and another step to try to achieve standardization and revitalization of Lorca. From the outset, the regional president said we were going to seek funds to help wherever Lorca and this is an example. There is much to do, but we have taken a step. "
In late July, the Department sent to the Ministry of Finance memory for the application for aid from the Solidarity Fund of the European Union for damages caused by the May 11 earthquake.
Originally Fund aid are intended to disasters affecting the whole of a nation, but also open to exceptional cases such as Lorca.
The amount of these can reach up to 2.5 percent of economic damages and justified.
The head of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, held from May several meetings, including a meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, in order to achieve EU funds.
Also, the June 30 Councilor Marin, along with members of his team held a workshop on the preparation of this report with the head of Spain Unit of DG Regional Policy of the European Commission, Andrea Mairate, who also went to Lorca to see the damage in situ.
Source: CARM
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