To harvest critical minerals due to the risk of war

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Brussels said that the emergency medical reserves of critical minerals and cable repair kits will increase, because the concerns grow in the advantage of the EU sensitivity.

“The EU is a risky risk of conflict, environmental dangers, including environmental dangers, including conflict, environmental violations and effects of hybrid and cyber threats, as part of the document project of hybrid and cyber threats.

Member States should coordinate food, medicine and even nuclear fuel, even the supply of nuclear fuel Eu The executor said. It will also be accelerated with EU level stockings, such as energy and protection systems, or such as rare soils and permanent magnets, or “cable repair modules”.

Several samples potential provocation to underwater communication cables and gas pipelines In recent years, the weakness of critical infrastructure caused concern.

The strategy is a wider push part by the EU to improve the security and sustainability of 27 countries by the EU. Last month, the German defense leader’s general Carsten Breuer warned Russia could attack the EU member state in the next four years.

Higher risk environment ” Hacktivists, cyber criminals and government-funded groups operated, “the document said.

The EU is more sensitive than many other areas with effects Climate change Global average as a speed of twice as fast as fast. Wild fires in Crete forced 5,000 people to evacuate the island this week.

In a report in October, the former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said that security should be considered “public good” and preparatory thinking.

Stockpiling, Brussels “in various crisis scenarios, including a large-scale violation of the armed aggression or global supply chains,” must determine the targets to ensure the minimum intimidation levels. “

EU recommended households in March Cockpile Basic Supply At least 72 hours of crisis live.

The bloc protects the items such as field hospitals and critical medical supplies between firefighting planes and helicopters, medical evacuation plane and medical evacuation plane and natural disasters.

However, the commission said this will create a “stock market” to improve the coordination between the EU countries. “The necessary general understanding of goods, which is important for the preparation of the crisis for the preparation of the rapidly developing risk landscaping,” the document is called.

It will also begin to compile regularly updated lists of the necessary materials adapted to each region and crisis. Member States must promote better to help the private sector with tax loans, such as shareholders.

The block should also work with “joint warehouse” allies and should be associated with resource management and binary-use infrastructure with NATO.

Initiality in the critical stock will also be considered in proposals for a new perennial budget that will be put forward in the end of this month.

The document project will be published next week and change before the presentation.