Robust cyber security strategy
In a separate resolution, drafted by Tunne Kelam (EPP, EE) and adopted with 454 votes in favour, 39 against and 96 abstentions, MEPs call for better coordination between the civilian and military initiatives at EU and national levels to protect cyberspace. Attacks in cyberspace constitute a major threat to the security, defence, stability and competitiveness of the EU, they say.
Mutual defence and solidarity clauses
In a resolution drafted by Ioan Mircea Paşcu (S&D, RO), MEPs urge EU member states to act, in line with the Lisbon Treaty's mutual defence and solidarity clauses, to provide the same level of protection for all EU citizens. Member states should also prepare for crises that could be too big for them to handle individually, they add. This resolution was passed with 438 votes in favour, 53 against and 14 abstentions.
Climate-driven crisis and natural disasters
Climate change is the biggest threat to the global security, says a resolution drafted by Indrek Tarand (Greens/EFA, EE) and passed with 474 votes in favour, 80 against and 18 abstentions. Climate change exacerbates natural disasters that are destabilising, especially for vulnerable states, so its potential impact on security should be factored into EU external policies, it warns.
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Furthermore, the EP resolution highlights the need for EU to respond to “all growing geostrategic changes and threats to global security and make full use of all existing means, including military ones, to secure peace and security for its citizens.”
In addition with the above, MEP’s Mircea Paşcu (S&D) resolution passed with majority by the committee. The resolution urges Member States to act in line with Lisbon Treaty’s clauses, and enhance mutual defence and solidarity in order to provide the same level of protection to all EU citizens.