{"id":471076,"date":"2026-11-12T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/12\/il-parlamento-europeo-vuole-piu-fondi-per-la-protezione-civile-dellue\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:33:48","slug":"the-european-parliament-wants-more-funding-for-eu-civil-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/the-european-parliament-wants-more-funding-for-eu-civil-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Parliament wants more funding for EU civil protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Anticipate emergencies and support those who need to recover from crises such as floods and fires. Today (12 November), the Members of the European Parliament adopted their position<\/b><\/a> on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UPCM) for the period 2028\u20132034. Adopted with 424 votes in favour, 105 against, and 83 abstentions, the text calls for the funds allocated to the instrument in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)<\/strong> \u2013 the EU\u2019s long-term budget \u2013 to<\/strong> be increased to \u20ac12.42 billion at current prices, compared with the \u20ac10.68 billion provided for in the Commission\u2019s proposal<\/strong>. In particular, it has been proposed to allocate the resources by earmarking 40 per cent of the funds for civil protection, a further 40 per cent for health emergencies and the remaining 20 per cent for flexible funding.<\/p>\n

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The UPCM<\/a> is the EU\u2019s main instrument for assisting countries affected by disasters such as forest fires, floods or earthquakes. It operates using resources made available on a voluntary basis or procured jointly by the Member States. MEPs intend to strengthen its \u201cmonitoring and forecasting activities, so that EU institutions and local actors can prepare for crises rather than merely reacting to them.\u201d<\/strong> For this reason, they have proposed national-level vulnerability mapping and forward-looking climate projections; a specific framework to coordinate civil-military cooperation in crisis response; a more proactive role for local and regional authorities; and the use of EU satellite systems to develop early-warning systems<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The MEP (S&D) and rapporteur for the report, Leire Paj\u00ednj\u00edn<\/strong>, emphasised the need to \u201cdevelop a genuine culture of preparedness and to coordinate better the various actors involved.\u201d According to the MEP, it is above all necessary to \u201cexplain to citizens what role they have to play and how to behave when a crisis occurs\u201d and to \u201ccounter disinformation.\u201d However, to achieve all this, \u201cmore resources are needed,\u201d she commented. 
With regard to health emergencies, the European Parliament has confirmed its intention to strengthen the joint emergency response capability<\/b><\/a> \u2013 namely rescUE, the Union\u2019s strategic reserve of emergency resources and equipment, created to protect citizens from natural and human-caused disasters when the capacities of individual Member States are insufficient \u2013 including through the introduction of a fire-fighting air fleet, which is expected to be operational from 2028. It was also suggested that a new framework be introduced to prepare for the recovery phase, which would clearly define \u201cthe responsibilities of the various levels of government\u201d and guarantee Member States \u201cthe necessary capacities to coordinate reconstruction efforts.\u201d In emphasising the importance of volunteers providing assistance across the EU, MEPs called for \u201ca specific legal status to be granted to them<\/strong> that guarantees clear insurance cover, the recognition of qualifications, and exemptions from work-related constraints.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Furthermore, the new programme aims to help EU countries tackle \u201cserious cross-border health threats.\u201d For example, it highlights the establishment of \u201cstocks of medical countermeasures <\/b><\/a>\u2013 such as personal protective equipment and active pharmaceutical ingredients \u2013 and the development of early warning systems.\u201d The MEP for the Conservatives and Reformists and co-rapporteur for the text, Aurelijus Veryga<\/strong>, pointed out that \u201cthe COVID-19 pandemic has shown why preparedness for health emergencies must become a clearly defined component of the EU\u2019s civil protection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, MEPs aim to extend EU support to cross-border cooperation \u201cbetween specialist care centres, their medical teams and health emergency response capabilities (for example, by analysing the availability of intensive care unit beds), as well as to the transfer of patients between Member States when healthcare systems are overwhelmed.\u201d Parliament is now ready to begin negotiations with the Council on the final text of the legislation<\/strong>. \u201cWe cannot tackle these challenges without adequate funding. The cost of preparedness may seem high, but the cost of being unprepared is always much higher,\u201d concluded Veryga.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adopted with 424 votes in favour, 105 against, and 83 abstentions, the text proposes to increase the funding allocated to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for the period 2028\u20132034 to \u20ac12.42 billion, up from \u20ac10.68 billion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":471035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[35503,29788],"tags":[28225,26339,28119,25755,26408],"class_list":["post-471076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ambiente","category-diritti-en","tag-conservatives-and-reformists-en","tag-eurocamera-en","tag-mechanism-of-civil-protection-en","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-socialisti-e-democratici-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471077,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471076\/revisions\/471077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}