The purpose of Europe is to better prevent and highlight the sabotage of the setsacbing. This important communication provides for a package of measures to protect the infrastructure, which was presented by the European Union Commission and Foreign Representative Kaza Kallas on Friday. Henna Virkuns, Deputy Chairman of the Commission of Technical Sovereignty, stressed while launching an action plan in Helsinki: It is also about stopping the possible danger players and rapidly repairing the cables.
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with Initiative The European Union should focus on prevention, among other things. Strict security requirements and risk reviews are planned for the sensecol. The new “modern and smart” communication lines on the seabed have to be financed and should be placed in operation to strengthen flexibility. It is also planned to create better skills for danger monitoring in related areas such as the Mediterranean Sea and North and Baltic Sea. This should enable the first warning messages and more efficient reactions.
The existing crisis frame will be expanded to the project according to the European Union levels for rapid action in the event of events. It should also get more repair capacity. To determine, the European Union wants to implement sanctions and diplomatic measures against “hostile actors” using equipment to combat hybrid campaigns. According to the Commission, it also involves promoting “cable diplomacy” with global partners, ie a close informal exchange of dangers.
Demolition should be punished properly
This year and 2026, the European Union Commission and Kalas gradually want to complete the steps listed together with Cyber Security (ENISA) for the Member States and European Union Agency. By the end of 2025, a toolbox should be designed for cable safety with measures of existing and planned submarine cables, a coordinated risk evaluation and risk reduction measures. Till then a list of priorities of European interest cable projects has also been planned.
Especially in the Baltic Sea, the cable brake has occurred recently, behind which Western observers suspect sabotage by Russian shade fleet ships. According to Swedish officials, the German-finish data cable C-Lion 1 has been again damaged. The cable connection through the Baltic Sea was therefore affected by the island of Gotland. This should not be a coincidence. Kalas insisted: “Whoever is responsible for sabotage should be punished accordingly.
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