1 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the Commission for the establishment of a 232 million EUR aid package as response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, aiming at effectively boosting global preparedness, prevention and the containment of this epidemics; believes that this action shall be considered as a first step to tackle the diffusion of the virus; urgently calls the Commission to make use of all relevant available programmes and instruments to define a more comprehensive, coordinated and effective EU response; demands the establishment of an ad hoc financial tool of support to be used for the ongoing sanitarian emergency, to effectively help and better coordinate the measures taken by Member States and local administrations to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic and limit its detrimental social and economic effects on the most affected regions, territories and their population;