Finally, several Members drew attention to the wider picture - this year alone seeing severe forest fires in Spain, Bulgaria, Italy as well as in Greece and catastrophic floods in the UK - linking these events to changes in the climate caused by global warming.
Eiropas Nodarbinātības, sociālo lietu un vienādu iespēju komisārs Vladimír Špidla slavēja starptautisko solidaritāti — cīņā ar uguni iesaistījās ne tikai ES partneri, bet arī Šveice, Serbija, Krievija un Izraēla.