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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a European Security Council and an Emergency Security Protocol intended to coordinate responses to hybrid threats below the threshold of armed attack.

The Kremlin is waging a war against the West beneath the threshold of open conflict. Europe now needs to stop pretending that diplomatic language is a substitute for deterrence. Europe…

The European Parliament is set to vote on a three-part package designed to shorten approval times for defence projects, simplify military procurement and make it easier to move defence products between EU member states. The measures form part of the Defence Readiness Omnibus and would alter rules affecting defence companies, national procurement authorities and EU-funded projects.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned that the EU is prepared to use its trade-defence instruments against China unless negotiations produce concrete results, as Brussels moves to reduce dependence on Chinese industrial supplies and critical raw materials.

Dutch authorities have opened a national investigation after objects were deliberately placed on railway tracks at more than 20 locations, severely disrupting services as farmers staged separate protests against the government’s nitrogen policy. Police have not established a link between the railway sabotage and the agricultural demonstrations.