EU chief wants joint response to cyberattacks, sabotage
EU Commission President von der Leyen proposed an Emergency Security Protocol letting any member state convene joint responses to cyberattacks and sabotage.
In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen proposed an Emergency Security Protocol, modeled on NATO Article 4, allowing a single EU member state to summon all 27 governments to coordinate responses to cyberattacks, sabotage, arson, and drone incursions. The proposal is part of a broader European security strategy that includes a European Security Council with partners such as the UK, Canada, Norway, and Ukraine, plus a European Instrument for Strategic Enablers supporting cyber and defense capabilities. She cited rising incidents in Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, and an attempted drone attack in Leipzig, but did not specify whether unanimous decision-making rules would change.
- Protocol modeled on NATO Article 4, triggered by a single member state
- Cites rising incidents in Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, and an attempted Leipzig drone attack
- Proposal includes a European Security Council and European Instrument for Strategic Enablers
- Does not clarify whether unanimous EU decision-making rules would change
- Organizations
- European CommissionNATO
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3 min read at therecord.mediaDelivering her annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen said threats were “mounting on our soil,” pointing to recent incidents in Denmark, Lithuania and Poland and an attempted drone attack in Leipzig.
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