This is the warning that the president of the Commission has launched on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyenduring a speech in the Eurocamara in which he has claimed An answer linked to the provocations of the Kremlin.
A reaction whose priority must be to protect until the last centimeter of community territory, for which it is urgent to display a Anti -Didish wallthe “emblematic project” of von der Leyen in the field of European defense.
The president of the Commission has insisted that this initiative will be concentrated in the first instance on the protection of the east flank, but in the long term It will also serve to cover the southern flank.
“Something new and dangerous is happening in our skies“Von der Leyen warned, which has remembered the violation of Estonia’s airspace by migrate fighters, as well as drone raids in Belgium, Poland, Romania, Denmark and Germany.
“Do not be wrong: this is part of a worrying pattern of growing threats. Throughout our union, underwater cables, airports and logistics centers have been cut have been paralyzed by cyber attacks, “says the president.
“These incidents are calculated to remain in the gloom of plausible denial. It is not about random harassment (…) the time has come to call it by name: This is hybrid warand we must take it very seriously, “he proclaimed von der Leyen.
“It is a deliberate and organized campaign against Europe that moves in this gray field. And Europe must respond. We have to investigate each incident and sign firmly those responsible,” says the president.
As for the antidron wall, von der Leyen has indicated that it is “our response to the realities of modern war.”
“Think about what happened in Poland: We had to display very expensive systems -The last generation combatavions- to tear down relatively cheap and mass produced drones. This is not at all sustainable, “he said.
“We need an affordable and adequate system for its purpose: for rapid detection, rapid interception and, when necessary, rapid neutralization“, explains von der Leyen. In this area, the EU has” much to learn “from Ukraine.
“The Anti -Didron wall will contribute to the Guard of the Eastern Flanco, which will supervise and protect the heavens, seas and territory of our members of the East,” said the president.
“But it is not just our eastern border, even if it is now our priority. What we need is A 360 degree approach. This antidron system will be a shield for our entire union, including the southern flank. “
In the opinion of Von der Leyen, the Anti -Didron wall must also be designed to address a “broad spectrum” of challenges: from responding to natural disasters to combating international organized crime; from monitoring instrumentalized migration to control the Russian ghost fleet.