MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Managing climate emergencies and supporting people affected by floods in Emilia-Romagna – E-001237/2025(ASW)

The Commission published its assessment of the implementation of the Floods Directive[1] on 4 February 2025 including a specific assessment of the second Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs)[2] for Italy also addressing the revised Flood Risk Management Plan for the Po River Basin[3].

The overall assessment shows notable improvements in flood risk management, better alignment of objectives and measures, and consideration of challenges posed by climate change.

The assessment also acknowledges that Member States need to expand their planning and administrative capacity, and adequately invest in flood prevention and makes a number of recommendations in this respect[4].

Article 10 of the Flood Directive requires Member States to make available to the public the preliminary flood risk assessment, the flood hazard maps, the flood risk maps and the flood risk management plans and encourage active involvement of interested parties in the production, review and updating of the plans.

In line with the provision of the directive, this information is available for the Po River Basin. The public consultation for the Po Flood Risk Management Plan, started in December 2020 and lasted six months.

The relevant competent authorities in Member States are responsible for the identification and implementation of effective measures to reduce the risk of floods.

After the assessment of the second FRMPs covering the period 2021 2027, the Commission concluded inter alia that Italy’s FRMPs’ objectives should be measurable and where possible linked to quantitative indicators and be timebound.

Future Plans should also include an assessment of the progress made towards the achievement of the previous objectives.

• [1] Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood, OJ L 288, 6.11.2007, p. 27-34.
• [2] https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/water/water-framework-directive/implementation-reports_en.
• [3] https://pianoalluvioni.adbpo.it/piano-gestione-rischio-alluvioni-2021/.
• [4] Commission Staff Working Document: Third River Basin Management Plans, Second Flood Hazard and Risk Maps and Second Flood Risk Management Plans — Member State: Italy — Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) — Third River Basin Management Plans — Second Flood Risk Management Plans, SWD/2025/18 final.