Commissioner Louis Michel announces € 117.25 million food aid boost
Brussels, 23/04/08: On Tuesday 22 April the European Commission announced that it plans to provide a further € 117.25 million for food assistance as a response to the impact of the increase in food prices on the world's most vulnerable people. Tuesday’s announcement will raise the total humanitarian food aid budget so far in 2008 to € 283.25 million.
Louis Michel, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, said that “addressing the food price issue is a global challenge requiring long-term solutions but the emergency is now. We have an obligation to act – and act quickly."
Click here to read the European Commission's press release
Click here to read an article about the food crisis from euobserver.com
