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Robles Accuses the Pp of "Demagoguery" for Calling for More Military Means and Claims that only the Ume Can Attack the Fire

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The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has accused the PP of acting with "political demagoguery" by asking for more military means to fight the forest fires that are ravaging much of the Spanish territory, specifying that the Military Emergency Unit (UME) has been deployed since August 2 because these agents are the only ones that can directly attack the fire. Thus the Minister of Defense has reacted in an interview in the Ser Chain, in whic…

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Despite the deployment of troops, the Minister of Defense maintains that they face "uncontrollable" fires and that, in many cases, "until there is a weather change, it will be impossible to control them."The wave of fires, live: the evolution of fire, community by community The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has defended this Monday that "all army personnel" are deployed in the areas affected by the fires, although she insists that "only…

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The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has accused the PP of acting with "political demagoguery" by asking for more military means to fight the forest fires that are ravaging much of the Spanish territory, specifying that the Military Emergency Unit (UME) has been deployed since August 2 because these agents are the only ones that can directly attack the fire. Thus the Minister of Defense has reacted in an interview in the Ser Chain, in whic…

·Madrid, Spain
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This August, Spain is experiencing one of the worst waves of forest fires on record. According to data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), the blazes have already burned some 120,000 hectares, leaving three people dead. Read more

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The speaker of the PP in Congress, Ester Muñoz, considers that the proposal of a State Pact against Climate Change launched by the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, is a "smoke curtain" and a "runaway" because now the priority is to be able to put out the fires that affect several provinces, and has insisted that the central executive has to send military personnel to help logically in the fight against fire.

Defense Minister Margarita Robles has said that until the temperatures change, the fires that affect Spain, the situation "will not be able to be controlled", while insisting that the Executive has been working in the front line since the minute.

Minister Robles accuses Feijó of being ignorant for requesting more military personnel against the fire and says that only the UME can directly attack the flames

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EL ESPAÑOL broke the news in Spain on Monday, August 18, 2025.
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