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800px-UK_Floods_2007_Oxflood-7Labour MEPs today (28 February) called on UK Prime Minister David Cameron to apply now for European Union aid for flood-hit areas.

Derek Vaughan MEP, Labour's spokesperson on the European budget and MEP for Wales, said: "I’ve seen the damage these floods have caused to people’s homes and businesses first hand, where severe winds and rain have damaged parts of Wales’s west and north coastline. We must make sure these areas receive as much support as possible.

"The EU can help provide financial assistance to the damaged areas and I very much hope the UK government will apply for these funds. However, so far this has not happened."

Governments can apply to the EU Solidarity Fund for aid for disaster-stricken regions following natural disasters. It has been used for 56 disasters since being set up in 2002, covering a range of severe events including floods, forest fires, earthquakes, storms and drought; €3.5 billion in aid has been used in 23 European countries thus far.

Vaughan added: "Since the beginning of January I and my Labour colleagues have urged the UK government to apply to the Solidarity Fund to help the stricken areas.

"The EU money is there for exactly this purpose and it is reckless of them to adopt a Eurosceptic approach when communities in South West England, from Somerset to villages along the Thames and Wales’s north and western coastline are in desperate need of help."

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