EC Midday press briefing of 24/07/2026

24 juillet 2026

European Commission Commission européenne

00:00 - 00:30
Intervenant 3
Good afternoon.  It's Antonio for Antonio Suarez for EFE.  I have a question on the wildfires in Spain.  The government has asked to has requested to activate for the second time this summer the civil protection mechanism asking for at least four firefighters.  I would like to know if you have an answer to this and if you are I guess you're following the situation but if you can comment on how the mechanism works and how will be deployed the firefighters if they are going to be deployed. 

Thank you very much. 
00:30 - 00:53
Intervenant 4
We are indeed following the situation with great concern as we see wildfires in Spain as we see them in France we had seen them in in Portugal and and the summer hasn't or hasn't only just started.  So Anaikaza indeed what is it that we're trying to do in help there? 
00:53 - 02:01
Intervenant 2
Well what we are doing is that we received the Spanish request for civil protection mechanism last night and we are now mobilized already four airplanes with Copernicus satellite imagery also supporting the response on the ground.  These planes are hosted in Greece two of them in Greece and two of them in Italy and they're now deployed in Spain to help.  And as is always the case with the civil protection mechanism and the rescEU the member state needs to make the request for this help and then we will we will use our resources and our pooled resources to send the requested help.  We have a fleet under the rescEU we have a fleet of 22 planes and five helicopters.  So we do have this strategic reserve in the case of requests coming from from member states. 

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