The Head of State sent a message on Twitter of support for the victims of the bad weather which hit Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands hard, killing more than a hundred people. .
France notably sent military reinforcements to Liège.
France is "united" in the "ordeal" crossed by Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, affected by severe flooding which killed more than a hundred people, the president tweeted on Friday. French Emmanuel Macron, promising help from Paris where it will be "useful". "My thoughts are with the victims of the bad weather which hit Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands hard. France is united in this ordeal. Our support is already deployed in Belgium. It will be everywhere where it will be useful. ", wrote in a tweet the French head of state.
My thoughts are with the victims of the bad weather which hit Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands hard.
France is united in this ordeal.
Our support is already deployed in Belgium.
It will be used wherever it is useful.
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 16, 2021
Prime Minister Jean Castex assured Germany and Belgium on Thursday evening of France's "support" and "solidarity", specifying that 40 French civil security soldiers (Uiisc1, a regiment made available to the Ministry of 'Interior) and a helicopter with a rescue team had arrived in Liège, a Belgian city particularly affected by bad weather.
Over 120 deaths
The balance sheet in Europe passed the 100 dead mark on Friday, most of them in Germany, where relief continues to search for many missing people.
It is the worst natural disaster in this country since the war.
Belgium, with at least 23 dead according to media on Friday, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, where several districts of Maastricht had to be evacuated, were also severely affected.
All these countries deplore at this stage at least 126 deaths.