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EU Working 'Non-stop' To Help European Countries Hit By Wildfires
The European Union says it is working "non-stop" to help countries battling the wildfires that are raging in parts of the continent. The EU's civil protection mechanism -- which provides coordinated assistance between the bloc's members -- has been "activated 16 times during the current season," says EU spokesperson Eva Hrncirova, a figure that equals that reached across the whole season last year.
During last week, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania have activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to help cope with forest fires, many of which are on fire across Europe at the same time. (ANSA)
Spain has for the first time this week activated the resc EU mechanism to request European assistance in the extinction of the dozens of fires that are razing the peninsula this summer, with 90,000 hectares burned and three dead in a week. We analyzed how the mechanism that has allowed the assistance of two French aircraft and what kind of aid can be requested by the governments of the Twenty-seven. What is the EU Civil Protection Mechanism? In …
The European Union has declared "work nebosit" to help countries affected by major fires in this summer, such as Greece, Spain or Bulgaria, transmit France Presse, quoted by the BTA Agency. "We work hard to help affected countries through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism," said the spokesman for the European Commission, Eva Hrciřová....
So far, about 440,000 hectares have been destroyed – almost twice as much as the area of Luxembourg.
BR SSEL. According to the EU Commission, the civil protection mechanism for forest fires set up by the EU has already been activated 16 times in this forest fire season.
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