布魯塞爾消息：歐盟防務部長週一（9月28日）討論歐盟是否需要自設類似北約式的緊急機制，以加強協調對抗俄羅斯的「混合攻擊」。
歐洲各國指莫斯科正加強對烏克蘭背後支持者的破壞與干預行動，克里姆林宮的部隊在前線苦戰，距離其2022年2月入侵已逾四年。
在高調事件如在德國機場發現武裝無人機之後，歐盟委員會主席馮德萊恩本月早些時候提出建立一個新的「緊急安全協議」以應對日益嚴峻的威脅。
馮德萊恩表示，該機制——類似於北約第四條——將允許任何歐盟成員國在危機情況下召開緊急會談，以協助就對介於公開侵略與灰色地帶的事件的回應達成共識。
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said at the start of Monday’s meeting that discussion would look at 「the broader strategy against hybrid attacks」.
「What are the tools that we can use on different levels?」she said.
歐盟部長普遍歡迎推動加強歐盟嘅回應，以尋找對抗他們所視為莫斯科帶來的威脅之辦法。
「We need to be able to not just respond when incidents happen, but also pre-empt possible escalations – work with member states, work with each other, to make sure that we have a strong response in place should something happen,」said Irish foreign minister Helen McEntee, whose country is one of only four in the EU not in NATO.
「There’s still a bit of work to do to work through what that might look like – but certainly, there’s a willingness from member states.”
A senior EU official said that Brussels can already put 「quite a lot on the table」 to help countries respond to hybrid incidents if needed.
That includes dispatching expert teams to help advise on how to bolster security, and increasing funding.
「Each country has to do their own measures to counter hybrid measures, but the European Union and NATO also have to do much more bigger measures, stronger coordination to counter these hybrid actions,」 said Finnish defence minister Antti Hakkanen.
EU officials have said that they intend to come up with more fleshed out proposals in a new security strategy document they hope to release next month.
