EU could declare no-deal Brexit a major natural disaster

The EU solidarity fund offers about €500m a year to member states affected by natural disasters. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty ImagesThe EU is considering whether to categorise a no-deal Brexit as a major natural disaster akin to flooding, fires or earthquakes, a move that would release emergency funds to the member states most affected.The plan would allow EU officials to distribute cash from the bloc’s solidarity fund, set up in 2002 in response to that year’s sever