Romania aids other nations through EU Civil Protection Mechanism
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European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib stated in Bucharest that Romania requested aid ten times and provided assistance to other countries nearly fifty times through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism over the past decade.
Romania has developed a strong emergency response system and consistently offered it to help other nations. Lahbib highlighted that this demonstrates the purpose of the mechanism, which allows Europe to quickly mobilize resources when a country is overwhelmed by a crisis.
Romania’s aid extended beyond natural disasters to include medical evacuations. The country evacuated almost 60 children and over 180 patients total from locations including Gaza, Ukraine, North Macedonia, and Switzerland, transporting them to hospitals across Europe. Lahbib also noted Romania’s significant contribution to wildfire prevention. This year, Europe pre-positioned nearly 800 firefighters from fourteen countries in high-risk areas, and Romania sent 200 of them, more than one in four of the total pre-positioned force.
The commissioner spoke at a press conference held at the headquarters of the General Inspectorate of Aviation.
