MEPs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI) are overwhelmingly in favour of an enhanced EU Civil Protection Mechanism, REscEU, proposed by the Commission (proposal to amend Decision 1313/2013/EU) and to be agreed in the negotiating box on the EU budget 2021-2027 (see EUROPE B12494A6).
They voted by a large majority (72 votes in favour, 6 against and 1 abstention) in favour of a post-2020 Civil Protection Mechanism better able to respond to large-scale emergencies...