In view of the scale of the forest fires which continue to ravage Australia, the European Union reiterated, on Tuesday 7 January, its offer of assistance to the Australian authorities, beyond the satellite maps of the European Copernicus programme already provided in mid-November (see EUROPE B12368A13). However, in order for the intensification of assistance to take place, the Australian authorities would have to make a request to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
“I offered the...