Strasbourg, 08/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is urging the Finnish Presidency to ensure that the EU develops a rapid reaction force to deal with natural disasters and to boost the EU's civil protection capacity. This was the important message that emerged from the EP's adoption on 7 September of a joint resolution from six political groups on how the EU dealt with forest fires and floods last summer.
The MEPs note that much of the damage caused by natural disasters could...