Forest fires: stress test for EU civil protection

Given the devastating forest fires in the Mediterranean, EU Crisis Commissioner Janez Lenarčič has called for more emphasis on EU civil protection. Crisis response capacity at the European level must be prioritized, the Slovenian Lenarčič said on Monday. The firefighting operations are one of the „biggest ever common firefighting operations,“ Lenarčič added – involving several fires in several states at the same time.