Romania and 5 other EU states requested the activation of the civil protection mechanism for repatriations from the Middle East. What costs can the Commission cover. Roxana Mânzatu's announcement
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Romania and five other member states request EU support and the activation of the civil protection mechanism for the repatriation of citizens stranded in the Middle East, in the context of the war in the region. The Vice-President of the European Commission, Roxana Mânzatu, told Digi24 that the Union can settle part of the costs for repatriation, a maximum of 75%, under certain conditions.
“For the European Commission, it is very important that we can support the member states in this process of evacuation and repatriation of EU citizens. The civil protection mechanism can be activated. Six member states, including Romania, have requested the activation of this mechanism, in order to allow the repatriation operations of the citizens of the European Union”, announced Roxana Mînzatu.
According to the European official, there is a direct consequence following the activation of this mechanism, namely that “the European Union can settle part of the costs, a maximum of 75%, for repatriation, with certain conditions that each member state knows”.
“Apart from that, the civil protection mechanism also allows a good coordination of operations and resources between member states, so there is a clear added value of European intervention on these activities. We are talking about these evacuation and transport operations of those who need it back to the countries they come from. We are also talking about other member states: Italy, Slovakia, Austria, France, Luxembourg, until now. The situation is in a certain dynamic”, stated Roxana Mînzatu
She explained that the operations are up to each individual member state. “The actual transport operation, the aircraft, is not coordinated from Brussels, but depends on the efforts of each member state that requested the activation of this mechanism.”
European Commissioner from Romania, Roxana Mînzatu is executive vice-president for social rights and skills, jobs.
