The European Union’s emergency response mechanism is working at full speed as wildfires ravage across Europe this summer. Multiple countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Portugal struggle to contain the blazes – their EU partners are sending help.
May 30 marks the start of the wildfire season in the EU. European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič spoke to the enr about crisis response, climate change and the 10th birthday of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC).
Record temperatures, drought, forest fires: At the moment, Europe faces an unprecedented heat wave. Spain, Portugal and France continue to battle huge wildfires and northern countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are also affected by extraordinary heat.