When future floods or earthquakes strike, the EU is to have a 24-hour-a-day Brussels-based crisis room and a list of helicopters, water-pumps, experts and other assets pledged by EU countries to send into the field under a new plan proposed by the European Commission.
Aid commissioner Kristalina Georgieva unveiling the proposal at a press briefing in Brussels on Tuesday (26 October) said: "When I receive the call [for assistance] and I transmit it to member states, I don't know who is g...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.