25 deaths, devastated communities, an area the size of Belgium gone up in smoke, more than a billion animals burned, including some unique species in the world, 206 million tonnes of CO2 emitted, air quality in Canberra worse than in Chile: all MEPs were alarmed by the scale of the forest fire disaster on Monday 13 January during a debate on "Bush fires in Australia: a consequence of climate change".
The solidarity expressed with the Australians and the offer of assistance was unanimous. But...