Te hoge uitgaven uit EU-fonds na aardbeving in Italië (en)

The EU contributed € 0.5 billion to the Italian emergency operations for the April 2009 earthquake in the Italian Abruzzi region and its capital L’Aquila. We audited it. Our auditors found that the houses built as a result of the € 350 million funding were much more expensive than standard houses, apartments turned out to be unnecessarily costly and accommodated too few people.

Ville Itälä, the ECA Member responsible for the report: "I am glad that the Commission will use the opportunity of forthcoming review of the EU Solidarity Fund Regulation to redefine ‘temporary accommodation’. This will help EU natural disaster response tremendously.” Read more...