Greek governments allow burned areas to be developed and for national land to be appropriated and EU funds are inelastic.

In public services (health, residential care, fire services and the police), public spending constraints, increased demand for services and world-wide shortages of skilled workers have led to employers seeking ways around the Directive’s rules regarding on-call time and compensatory rest.

It will also have the task of assessing the impact of climate (flooding, drought, forest fires, storms, etc.) on the most vulnerable sectors of Europe's economy (agriculture and forestry in particular).

forestry (biodiversity, forest fires, resources, climate change, etc.).

10. Notes that, despite the fact that the EFFIS system has managed to harmonise data on fires within Member States and to provide updated information on the natural risk factors, the Commission does not permit investigation of the anthropogenic origins, does not determine socioeconomic risk factors and does not evaluate the repercussions of fires; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal to supplement this system with other data that make it possible to correct these shortcomings; also calls on the Commission to carry out an in-depth analysis of the reasons for and consequences of the fires this summer, in particular in the European forest sector, and subm ...[+++]it proposals to develop a common protocol for fighting fires;

12. Expresses its concern at the effect which this summer's major forest fires have had on beekeeping, especially in Portugal; calls upon the Commission to assess the direct and indirect damage which the forest fires have done to the sector and to devise the requisite Community support measures; considers that the sector should be brought within the scope of the forest-fire prevention strategy;