Members of the European Parliament’s committee on the environment (ENVI), which met in Brussels on Thursday 11 January, warmly received the European Commission’s proposal to strengthen the EU civil protection mechanism by creating “REscEU” (see EUROPE 11911).
European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, who was invited by the parliamentary committee for the first time, attended the meeting to present to MEPs the arrangements foreseen for this...