The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, contacted Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the large fires that have broken out all over Greece.

The news was announced by Ursula von der Leyen herself with a post on Twitter: “I contacted Kyriakos Mitsotakis to express full support to Greece, which is facing devastating forest fires and a severe heat wave due to climate change.

Greece is handling this difficult situation with professionalism, emphasizing the safe evacuation of thousands of tourists and can always count on European solidarity.

EU firefighters are already on the scene.”

See Ursula von der Leyen’s tweet: