Forest fire season: Greens and FDP for the purchase of firefighting aircraft

The forest fires of the past few weeks have triggered a controversy in the traffic light coalition about the investments in civil protection agreed in the coalition agreement. The FDP advocates the purchase of fire-fighting aircraft and calls for more commitment from Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to expanding resources for fighting forest fires. The rapporteur for the Greens for civil protection, Leon Eckert, believes that participation in the EU fire-fighting fleet would be right for reasons of solidarity.