In fact 18 million people in need, in a context of increasing poverty in most countries in Europe, were threatened by a sharp reduction of 75% of the programme. This "temporary relief" will give thousands of associations delivering food aid a little more time to try to find other sources of supply.
But the issue remains unresolved after 2013
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Personal Note :
I understand from articles on this topic that it are 6 european countries ( Germany, Denmark, the UK, Czech Republic, Sweden and The Netherlands ) who want the cost of such policies to be taken nationally, arguing , based on a decision of the european court of justice, that the program has deviated from its initial purpose.
Germany apparently already has a ( well ? ) functioning system of food redistribution, which leads it to be one of the main contributors to this european program without needing it in addition to its current approaches.
Yet, as is currently done to save the current financial system ( including by avoiding national defaults through european schemes ),
I can not believe, if plans for prospectively thousands of billions of euros can be set up at a european level,
that no european solidarity solutions can be set up to replace the loss of resources planned for food banks ?