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The plan would create a year-round forum and emergency protocol to coordinate responses to hybrid threats and security crises.
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The European Union has put on the agenda the creation of a European Security Council in the face of uncertainties about the US commitment to NATO and security threats from Russia. The proposal, which could include Britain, Norway, Canada and Ukraine, reinforces Europe's quest to build its own security structure and reduce its dependence on the United States. Here are the latest debates about Europe's new security architecture.
Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, stated at the Warsaw Security Forum 2026 that a European Security Council could bridge the fragmentation and unite the defence industry. Norway, EU members, Ukraine, the UK, and Canada could also join the council.
The threat from Russian hybrid attacks has prompted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to announce new European defense mechanisms – but these are castles in the air that "do more harm than good," according to NATO.
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