02/11/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 31 October, representatives from EU Member States green-lit the European Commission’s proposal to extend the transitional period for the rescEU strategic reserve of aerial firefighting resources beyond 2023 and until 31 December 2027. The aim is to enable Member States—in the event there are forest fires that are beyond their capacities to fight—to have recourse to these resources under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism while the...