The European Union and NATO announce the creation of a joint task force to address threats to “critical infrastructure”.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Jens Stolltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, announced this Wednesday, January 11, the creation of a new European Union-NATO task force to work on “the resilience of critical infrastructures”, a move that reflects the new ” collaboration orientation.

“Saw sabotage on Nord Stream which showed us that we must be prepared and that we need to confront this new type of threat,” von der Leyen said in joint statements ahead of the meeting, included in the European Commission Seminar.

good to have @JensStoltenberg with us in our @EU_Commission seminar.

By signing a joint declaration yesterday, we are taking our partnership to a new level.

And today we are already stepping up work to strengthen our resilience and protection. https://t.co/FZONGrOkpb

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 11, 2023

“Specialists from NATO and the European Union will work hand in hand to identify key threats to critical infrastructure and explore strategic vulnerabilities,” he explained, adding that the next step would be to develop guidelines “to build resilience and propose mitigation measures.” and corrective actions.

OUR Joint Task Force on Resilient Critical Infrastructure It will start by integrating four sectors: transport, energy, digital and space, and then report directly to member states and allies — “now 23 if you count Finland and Sweden,” he added.

Today we are also launching a joint Task Force on Resilient Critical Infrastructure.

EU and NATO experts will work together to:
⁰• Identification of threats and vulnerabilities

• Develop key principles for building resilience

• Propose mitigating measures and corrective actions pic.twitter.com/U1ylclQfZa

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 11, 2023

For Jens Stolltenberg, this represents “another step” in strengthening the alliance between the European Union and NATO. After Russia’s “brutal invasion of Ukraine” that “changed our security,” this partnership is “more important than ever.” He adds that the new Task Force will make “societies stronger and safer.”

“Potentially necessary changes in security policy” in Europe will also be the subject of a seminar between Brussels and NATO this Wednesday.

“We know that our adversaries and competitors are using every possible tool to challenge us and endanger our security,” said Ursula von der Leyen, who also referred to the need to increase the defense potential of Europe, recalling that Member States with The war began, military spending began to increase. “We need to spend more, but also better.”.

NATO advocates that partnership with the European Union must be taken to the ‘next level’

“Potentially necessary changes in security policy” in Europe will also be the subject of a seminar between Brussels and NATO this Wednesday. “We know that our adversaries and competitors are using every possible tool to challenge us and endanger our security,” said Ursula von der Leyen, who also referred to the need to increase the defense potential of Europe, recalling that Member States with The war began, military spending began to increase. “We need to spend more, but also better,” he said.

The NATO Secretary General also spoke at the Third Joint Declaration on Meeting the Challenges of War, signed on Tuesday 10 January, strengthening the relationship between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Brussels. On the table are, for example, “growing geostrategic competition”, in particular from China, “new and debilitating technologies” that could threaten the infrastructure of Europe and the countries that are members of the military alliance, and Moscow’s attempts to interfere.