Latest European Civil Protection Mechanism News & Updates

Lisbon, July 4 (IANS) Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has announced that Portugal will activate the European Civil Protection Mechanism and bilateral cooperation agreements with Spain and Morocco in response to an extreme heat wave that is driving severe wildfire risk across the country. “We decided, at this point, to activate the European Civil Protection Mechanism and also the bilateral agreements with Spain and Morocco,” Montenegro said on Friday (local time), stressing that the mov…