French PM booed on visit to wildfire-affected region as EU sends assistance to Belgium and Spain – as it happened

And, on that note, we will be closing the blog for today. French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu was booed on arrival to Le Porge, one of the towns most affected by the massive wildfire in the Gironde region last month (10:50), before unveiling his government’s plans to support the communities affected by the blaze, including €12m in aid (14:09). Lecornu also strongly pushed back against conspiracy theories and criticism of the firefighting efforts in the area (12:12), and warned about the climate-related risk of floods this autumn and winter (14:42). Meanwhile, Belgian firefighters were locked in fight against a blaze in the eastern part of the country on the border with Germany, successfully “limiting” its spread (11:25, 12:44, 16:21) as they called for more resources and international support (11:48, 13:04) on the day of King Philippe’s visit to the coordination centre (13:10). Over in Greece, firefighters fought back against local fires, eagerly awaiting the expected improvement i.

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