Brussels, 23/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - Anxious to prevent the summer 2007 scenarios, characterised by devastating forest fires in the south east of Europe, the EP has called on the Commission to immediately improve the EU's instruments for improving its repose to natural disasters and adopt new ones, if needs be. This is the main message in a resolution adopted by a large majority (523 for, 37 against, 20 abstentions) last week in Strasbourg.
In this resolution, Parliament welcomed the...