Question 17639 — European Union

Summary

Ms Sandra Delannoy draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for Europe, to the timetable for setting up a permanent European fleet to fight forest fires. The European Commission has announced the financing of twelve new firefighting aircraft, at the rate of two Canadair aircraft per country, for France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia and Greece. Their first deliveries, however, are only planned from the beginning of 2028. This timetable is part of the transition, initiated since the creation of rescEU in 2019, from a fleet leased to participating States towards a clean and permanent European fleet, in accordance with Decision (EU) 2023/2671 of the European Parliament and of the Council. While waiting for this own fleet, France had to urgently request, during fires having ravaged more than 42,000 hectares in six days in Gironde and Landes, the activation of the European system, a recourse which led to the evacuation of 220,000 people and the destruction of 240 homes. This situation still leads France to depend on the availability of devices belonging to other participating States, exposing it to a risk of delay or insufficient resources in the event of an exceptional disaster or of competing demands from another country in southern Europe, a fragility that the expected increase in forest fires under the effect of climate change makes all the more sensitive. She asks what assurances the European Commission has provided to France regarding compliance with the delivery schedule for rescEU devices announced for 2028 and what transitional measures are envisaged to secure access to the France has sufficient air resources by then.

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