EU chief wants joint response to cyberattacks, sabotage
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Wednesday an emergency mechanism allowing any EU country to summon the bloc’s governments in response to security threats including sabotage, cyberattacks and drone incursions.
Delivering her annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg, 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.
“Cyberattacks and sabotage, arson and drone incursions” are “ramping up every day,” she said, arguing that the EU’s institutions and decision-making processes had failed to keep pace.
