EU crisis chief calls for prevention funding as French wildfire crisis rages on

The EU's crisis management chief is pushing for more funding toward wildfire prevention, forest management, and emergency response, as French firefighters continue battling major blazes on Thursday. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, oversees coordination of cross-border disaster response for member states like France.

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