EU debates need for NATO-style response to Russia 'hybrid attacks'
Ministers weighed a rapid coordination tool as Europe faces more sabotage, cyberattacks and drone incursions, officials said.
- On Monday, European Union defense ministers met in Brussels to discuss establishing a NATO-style emergency mechanism to bolster coordination against hybrid attacks.
- European governments report that Moscow is stepping up sabotage and interference campaigns against Ukraine's backers as Kremlin troops struggle more than four years after the February 2022 invasion.
- Earlier this month, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen pitched an "emergency security protocol," while EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said discussions would examine "the broader strategy against hybrid attacks."
- Irish foreign minister Helen McEntee emphasized needing to "pre-empt possible escalations," while Finnish defense minister Antti Hakkanen urged stronger coordination; Brussels officials stated they can put "quite a lot on the table" to assist.
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It aims to become a sort of Community Article 4 designed to enable the 27 to convene emergency meetings and articulate a common response
Brussels, 28 Sep (EFE).- European Union (EU) Defense Ministers began to assess Monday the possibility of creating a Community 'Emergency Protocol' to respond to growing threats and hybrid attacks mainly from Russia, which, according to EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas, will not overlap competences with NATO. [...] The entry The EU addresses its hybrid attack response protocol such as those attributed to Russia was first published in HolaNews.
The European Union is preparing a new mechanism to respond to hybrid threats, from sabotage and cyberattacks to drone incursions, but European ministers have made clear that this mechanism should complement, not copy, NATO structures. The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said after a meeting of foreign and defense ministers in Brussels that member states want the new protocol to work in close coordination with NATO. "Many of them stressed…
The European Defence Ministers have begun discussions on the need to establish an emergency protocol to provide for what steps countries should take in the event of a hybrid attack that does not become an aggression. For now, more or less disguised hostile acts are the scenarios that have been most repeated in European territory, where, for example, drones of unknown origin have repeatedly disrupted operations at airports across the EU.
Kaja Kallas says bloc is in close contact with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
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