Presumably this was declared state-aid at time article was posted or a typing error - I did a straight copy,paste&reference...Id gone to fox's website after reading posts on eBay_com ...
As for the discrepancy between the French contribution between my post & yours - isnt nearly as severe as the discrepancy in the German contribution!
However Fox update in last few hours, French jumped up to $20m and German fallen to $27m ... no doubt the french&german had been lumped together...
Dont have tv beside computer - but foxnews channel normally cites reuteurs...

Would personally like to see a donation method whereby PayPal could be used - ive no strong feels for/against any specific aid-agency, but I still dont like donating via credit-card. Donations I already make are cash or cheque.
I also like to donate my money to cause who pass on 100% or virtually all of the donation - I do not like making donations to charities who absorb a large percentage of donation to cover their running costs. Ive looked around a couple of the DEC-linked agencies & cant find specific information from any of them how much they keep as admin. costs & how much they pass on..
If anyone knows, could they please post. I want my money to go where it will have the greatest benefit.
DirectReliefInternational(DirectRelief.org) is one ogranisation who pledges that "less than 1% of support goes to admin & fundraising expeneses"