Can Europe fight fires this big?

🇫🇷 Politico Europe (FR) —

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Wildfires across France and Spain have displaced over 300,000 people and overwhelmed national firefighting resources. The EU is providing support through its Civil Protection Mechanism and rescEU emergency reserve to help manage the crisis.

Wildfires raging across France and Spain have forced more than 300,000 people from their homes and stretched national firefighting services to their limits. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart look at how the EU is helping through its Civil Protection Mechanism and rescEU emergency reserve — and why Brussels says that even dozens more firefighting planes […]

World Politics Health wildfires Europe France Spain EU Civil Protection rescEU emergency response displacement

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