< IMG SRC = "https://img.tsn.ua/cached/032/tsn-b1dbdb63bc95f28af7a3ce15a5 4ab72/Thumbs/1036x648/B8/85/61978F5EBF03EB50A2401B4B3DB885B8.jpeg " />< p >< strong > European commission advises citizens to have food and water reserves for at least 72 hours. War, cyber attacks and natural disasters make this need urgent. 60 ~/p >~ 60 > European Commission will present a new “Strategy for the Union for Emergency Situations”, describing the possible scenarios of crises: war, cyber attacks, cyber attacks, cyberlae, cyber attacks. deadly epidemics, climatic disasters.
< p > this is reported by politico.
< p > this strategy will be presented by the executive vice-president of the European Commission Roxan Mintsat. According to the official, the main message of the document is “repair the roof while the sun shines.” Mintsat added that the European Commission wants to “help citizens … at the level of households”.
< p > strategy project states that each citizen must have enough food supplies and other necessary things to be self -sufficient for at least 72 hours in case of crisis. The document describes possible scenarios of crises: war, cyber attacks, deadly epidemics, climatic disasters.
~ 60 > “In case of serious shocks, the first period is the most critical,” the text of the strategy project says. < p > 62 > 62 ~ < p >The EU plan appears at the moment when the continent passes from one crisis to another.
< p > “none of the main crises of recent years has been isolated or short -term. Europe can afford to remain reactive,” the document says.
< h2 > large -scale EU approach to threats
< p > according to the 17-page project, the strategy should “create a safe and persistent EU with the necessary opportunities for predicting and managing threats and dangers regardless of their nature or origin”. ~ 60 > < p > this involves the provision of recommendations to member countries to ensure stocks of critical resources, crisis planning, the availability of shelters, ensuring critical infrastructure both on Earth and space.
62 > < p >A few weeks after the publication of the first EU defense strategy in the history of the EU defense strategy, the new preparation for crises emphasizes the need to strengthen readiness in all areas. military threats and cyber attacks< p > one of the main threats is war. The strategy does not contain new defense initiatives, but offers a crisis management model based on the experience of the Northern European countries. There, everything is involved in the preparation process – from citizens and business to governments.
< p > plan is based on the conclusions of the report of the ex-president of Finland Sauli Ninist. He proposed ways to improve the EU readiness for war and civil defense.
< p > in the draft document it is also noted that Europe should be better prepared for cyber attacks.
< p >The publication drew attention to the fact that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russia has significantly activated its activities in cyberspace, in particular, attacking the critical infrastructure, such as energy networks. The splash of cyber attacks especially underwent the eastern flank of Europe. Western governments, companies and key institutions are also regularly attacking countries such as China, Iran and North Korea. The document notes that state hybrid and cyber attacks have become a “constant reality”.< p > one of the key offers is the creation of a “European cybersecurity system”, which should improve the identification of threats and situational awareness in Europe. It is also proposed to expand digital training, support of countries seeking to join the EU, and closer cooperation with NATO.
< h2 > role of business in preparation for crisis
< p >The business should also play an active role in preparing for the crisis. The document notes the need to exchange information, participation in strategic forecasting and training.
< p > “EU must contribute to cooperation between state and private sectors in strategic areas, such as cybersecurity,” the project says. natural disasters and stocks
< p > Mintsatu emphasized that the preparation applies not only to the threats created by man.
< p > “we are talking about how we react to floods; we saw what happened in Spain,” said the official, referring to “monster-envelopment”, which in 2024 carried away hundreds of lives.
~ 60 > many simply do not know how to act during the natural Disaster.
< p >“All these types of crises require basic skills and understanding what to do in the first place,” said Mintsat.
< p > the European Commission offers a pan -European strategy for accumulation of stocks to provide access to critically important resources, in particular to respond to emergency situations, healthcare, strategic materials, energy equipment, as well as, possibly, food and water. < p > 62 ~ < p > medical training will be strengthened: the EU will prepare reserves against threats to public health within the framework of the new law on critical medicines.
< p > commission also wants to strengthen the coordination of crisis response by creating a “center of crisis coordination”, which will supplement the existing center of response to emergency situations. financing and legislative changes< p > the European Commission plans to revise financial mechanisms to respond to crises in order to make them more flexible and scale. The possibility of a new legislative package establishing uniform standards and long -term goals for preparing for crises is also considered.
< p > readiness for crises and safety will be “integrated and fixed” in European laws, politicians and programs.
< p > among 30 key events that are planned to be implemented within two years – monitoring of fake news, assessing the level of preparedness of the financial sector and including the topic of preparation for crisis in school programs already this year. < p > < p > by the way, as a military historian and professor from Potsdam University Zenke Nightzel suggests, Russia can attack Lithuania this fall.
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