Stepping up EU cyber defence and cooperation with NATO
Ways to beef up the EU’s cyber defence, including setting up a rapid cyber response team, promoting Military Erasmus exchanges of young officers, conducting cyber exercises and working closely with NATO, will be debated on Tuesday and voted on Wednesday.
The draft resolution notes that Russia, China and North Korea, but also non-state actors, have carried out malicious cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, engaged in cyber-espionage and mass surveillance of EU citizens, run disinformation campaigns and taken internet access hostage (e.g. Wannacry, NonPetya).This calls for a firm and united EU response, MEPs say.
EU-NATO
In a separate draft resolution on EU-NATO relations, to be debated on Tuesday and voted on Wednesday, MEPs stress that neither organisation has the full range of tools to tackle new security challenges, which are increasingly less conventional and more hybrid.
In addition to improving cooperation on cyber defence, MEPs want EU-NATO strategic ties to focus on strategic communication, situational awareness, sharing classified information, stemming irregular migration and removing obstacles to the swift movement of military personnel and assets within the EU.
Procedure: Own-initiative resolutions*
2018/2004(INI) - cymber defence
2017/2276(INI) - EU-NATO relations
Debates: Tuesday, 12 June (EU-NATO, cyber defence)
Votes: Wednesday, 13 June (cyber defence and EU-NATO)
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