Germany to pay $470M to flood victims

By Xinhua News Agency

Jul 23, 2021 12:49 am

BERLIN: Germany would pay 400 million euros ($470 million) for victims of last week's floods, which were supposed to be available immediately, Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

It was necessary to quickly send the message to people in the affected areas 'that there is a future, that we care together, that this is a matter for us as a whole country, that we are helping,' Scholz said.

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