Sébastien Lecornu was met with a rowdy crowd in Le Porge, France’s worst‑hit wildfire town, after 183 homes were destroyed on Sunday. The Prime Minister’s brief stop was marred by heckling, with local residents demanding accountability for the fire response they felt had failed them.

In a meeting at the town hall, residents led by Ludivine Daurignac accused the government of neglecting to meet the community and of withholding key information. Police forces were on site to block access, fueling the sense that the people’s voices were stifled.

Lecornu announced a €12m aid package for the Gironde and Landes regions, with €10m earmarked for Gironde and €2m for Landes. He pledged that permits for “equivalent reconstruction” would be issued within a month, or faster, enabling local authorities to launch recovery projects without delay.

The European Union also supplied assistance to Belgium and Spain, where fires have burned large swaths of countryside. Belgium’s largest nature reserve saw a blaze that more than doubled in 24 hours, while Spain’s Aragón region reported a soldier’s death in a fighting near Peñas de Riglos.

Throughout the continent, firefighters have been battling an unprecedented wave of fires: in Greece, 41 new forest fires erupted in a single day; in Portugal, the border with Spain continued to see raging flames; and in Croatia, a blizzard‑fueled fire scorched the coastline, killing one and injuring dozens.