We had to wait until 2002 and the major flooding that affected Germany, Austria and Slovakia before the Commission was able to create, in the space of three months, with the help of Parliament and of the Council, the Solidarity Fund that will intervene in Madeira and on the Atlantic coast, just as it has intervened in several major disasters since 2002.
Pidime ootama 2002. aastani ja Saksamaad, Austriat ning Slovakkiat puudutanud suure üleujutuseni, enne kui komisjon suutis kolme kuuga parlamendi ja nõukogu abiga luua solidaarsusfondi, mis sekkub Madeiral ja Atlandi ookeani rannikul, nagu see on sekkunud mitmesse suurde õnnetusse alates 2002. aastast.