The European Union for Storage of Critical Minerals due to the risks of war

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Brussels said it will build emergency stocks of critical minerals and cable repair groups, as concerns grow on the weakness of the European Union to attack.

“The European Union faces an increasingly complicated scene and the deterioration of risk that is characterized by increased geopolitical tensions, including conflict, escalating climate change, environmental degradation, hybrid and raorce threats,” the European Commission said in a draft strategy document for storage in financial times.

Member States must coordinate the backup supplies of food, medicines and even nuclear fuel, European Union An execution said. It will also accelerate the work on stocks at the European Union level of elements such as cable repair units “to ensure immediate recovery of energy or optical cable disorders” and commodities such as rare land and permanent magnet, which are necessary for energy and defense systems.

Several cases Possible sabotage To underwater communication cables and Gas pipelines In recent years, it has been concerned about the exposure of critical infrastructure.

This strategy is part of a wider batch by the European Union to improve the security and flexibility of the bloc 27 countries. Last month, General Carsten Prior, the German defense head, warned that Russia could attack a member state of the European Union during the next four years.

The document said that the high risk environment was “increasing” activity of infiltrators, electronic criminals and the state sponsored groups.

The European Union is more likely than many other regions of effects Climate It heats twice the speed like the global average. Forest fires on the island of Crete forced 5,000 people to evacuate the island this week.

In a report commissioned by the European Union in October, former Finnish President Suli Nenesto said that security should be considered a “general exchange” and called for the mentality of preparation.

When storing, he said that Brussels must “set goals to ensure minimum levels of preparation in different crises scenarios, including in the event of armed aggression or widespread disruption of global supply chains.”

The European Union also advised the families b Basic supply stock To survive at least 72 hours of the crisis.

The bloc is already maintaining a fleet of aircraft and helicopters that work to combat fires, a medical evacuation plane, and elements such as field hospitals and critical medical supplies in 22 countries in the European Union as part of the emergency response efforts to natural disasters.

But the committee said it would create a “storage network” to improve coordination between the European Union countries. He said in the document that “there is a limited joint understanding, that is, the basic goods needed to prepare for crises against the background of a rapidly evolving scene.”

It will also start collecting lists of basic supplies that are regularly updated for each region and the type of crisis. She said that the member states should stimulate the private sector better to help storage, such as tax credits.

The mass with allies should also work on “shared storage” and better coordinate the management of resources and infrastructure with a double use with NATO.

The need to invest in critical storage will be considered in proposals for its new multi -year budget, which is scheduled to be launched later this month.

The document’s draft is scheduled to be published next week and can change before it is presented.