Pandemia, Filomena, Dana … Europe faces more and more climatic and security challenges that has led the European Union to develop the ‘war mode’. Months ago, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, commissioned the former president of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, to make a report on the preparation that society needs to deal with threats to security. “The people of Finland are prepared for all emergencies, including military, hybrid threats and natural disasters,” said the German, who did not hide that this strategy happens, where appropriate, for having “such an unpredictable and aggressive neighbor” as Russia. Now the community government has prepared a recipe book for the preparation of citizens in the face of such events and, among the recommendations, includes the supply to survive the first three days of a crisis.
“The Commission will help member states to achieve the self -sufficiency of the population for at least 72 hours throughout the EU. In case of extreme disturbances, it is possible that public authorities cannot meet the basic needs of all in the initial period of a crisis,” says the preparation strategy of the union to which the European Commission will approve this Wednesday: “People and homes must be able to stay independently during the first three days, guaranteeing access to needs Essential such as water, food, medications and basic services before foreign aid comes. ”
Regarding the institutions, the European Commission points to the need to organize specific campaigns and activities to promote the preparation of the population, such as the development of educational kits to help member states to integrate preparation content in school programs or the organization of annual awareness days of awareness and preparation for risks in the EU, also in companies, which will organize in cooperation with social interlocutors. “An EU online platform will provide citizens and travelers with adapted and accessible information about the risks they face and the practical measures to mitigate them,” says the draft that the country has advanced and to which Eldiario.es has had access.
“The commission will prepare guidelines that cover the storage of essential supplies, crisis planning and measures to protect people, animals and properties in case of crisis, and will work with the Member States and civil society to guarantee their dissemination. These guidelines will be integrated into training sessions, workshops and community initiatives, guaranteeing wide diffusion and commitment to all levels,” the document adds.
But the European Commission document is not limited solely to natural emergencies and the civil response, but also points to the possibility of a war in the community territory at a time when the Belicist rhetoric has passed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the ‘war mode’.
“We must prepare for incidents and intersectoral crises on a large scale, including the possibility of armed aggression, which affect one or more Member States,” says the European Commission, which recalls that in the “majority of crisis scenarios, national civil authorities are main responsible”, but that in “an increasing number of scenarios (for example, sanitary emergencies, extreme meteorological phenomena, extreme meteorological phenomena Threats to critical infrastructure and sabotage, cyber attacks), civil authorities need military support. ”
And that is where it points to the possibility of changing the shots: “In case of armed aggression, the armed forces would need civil support. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the interaction between civil and military actors, without questioning their respective competences. In addition, large -scale exercises are usually fragmented and underutilized, and do not systematically imply all relevant civil and military actors.”
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