Emmanuel Macron promised on Wednesday the purchase of additional planes to fight the fires, during a trip to Gironde where he paid tribute to the firefighters who are finally slowing down the two gigantic fires that have been raging for more than a year. week.
“Thank you, thank you very much!
At La Teste-de-Buch, on the edge of the Arcachon basin, where he arrived in the afternoon at La Teste-de-Buch, the president paid lengthy tribute to the firefighters, the personnel of the civil security, law enforcement, elected officials and all those mobilized against the fire ravaging the forest located near the Dune du Pilat.
A need for planes
Taking advantage of this visit, Jean-Luc Gleyze and Xavier Fortinon, respectively PS presidents of the departments of Gironde and Landes, demanded in an open letter to the Head of State "a more substantial (air) fleet, and a territorial distribution adapted”.
France will have to "buy more" firefighting planes, Emmanuel Macron agreed in La Teste-de-Buch.
The 22 planes with which civil protection is equipped were “sufficient in recent years.
(…) Do we need more?
The answer is yes”, he judged, stressing that this increased fleet would be European and calling for “Redeploy an industrial strategy” to build these devices.
Company
Fires in Gironde: "We blow a little bit, it's good for morale", testifies a firefighter in the field
Company
Fires in Gironde: How long and how to find a forest before the fires?
Planet
Fire
Heat wave
Emmanuel Macron
Firefighters
Aquitaine