Northern EU countries blocking quake aid - M5S (2)

(ANSA) - Brussels, May 11 - Northern EU countries are blocking a European Commission proposal to use Euroepan regional funds for reconstrcution after central Italy's earthquakes last year, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said Thursday. At a meeting of ambassadors, Germany led the opposition to the idea, the M5S said, followed by the Netherlands, the UK, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, demanding a quota of national co-funding.