The European Commission and Portugal are comparing wildfire damage costs against EU bloc estimates and assessing shared risk.
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What happened
The European Commission and Portugal are comparing wildfire damage costs against EU bloc estimates and assessing shared risk.
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The entities involved
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European Commission
executive branch of the European Union
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Portugal
country in Southwestern Europe
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