The EU stands in full solidarity with Italy after the recent deadly floods. Two teams for pumping high-capacity water from Slovakia and Slovenia are at work in Ravenna.

Further help was offered by Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland and Romania. The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, wrote about the support provided by other countries on Twitter. He called the head of the European civil protection team sent to Romagna to thank him for his help. The floods that hit Emilia-Romagna.