EU Commissioner Highlights Civil Protection and Preparedness Cooperation in Romania
EU Commissioner Lahbib spoke in Romania, highlighting emergency preparedness and civil protection cooperation. She noted that today's crises are faster and more complex, including wars, drone attacks, sabotage, wildfires, hybrid attacks and health emergencies. Over the past decade Romania requested help through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism ten times while responding to others' calls 49 times. This year the EU pre-positioned nearly 800 firefighters from 14 countries in high-risk wildfire areas, 200 of them from Romania.