To better combat forest fires and prepare for the next season, the EU will double its reserve air assets next year by purchasing “ten light amphibious aircraft and three additional helicopters to complement our fleet”.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced this, on Wednesday 14 September in her State of the Union Address, as a “short-term” measure that is essential to “be better equipped” to show “solidarity” to preserve nature and to...