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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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.