EU: CEUMC schlägt "Nachschärfung" der militärischen Beistandsklausel vor

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Key EU military official urges sharpening of mutual-defense clause

A senior military official of the European Union has urged the bloc to refine its mutual-defense clause and start considering the division of labor in the event of a conflict.

Austrian army Gen. Robert Brieger, chairman of the European Union Military Committee, made the recommendation at the European Defense Agency’s (EDA) annual conference in Brussels on Jan 22.

Speaking about the need to operationalize Article 42.7 of the Treaty of the European Union, the bloc’s collective-defense stipulation, he argued that there is “a necessity to clarify it; otherwise, it is nice to have, but we do not have the relevant tools to implement it.”

The language in question solely posits that if a member state is attacked, others have an obligation to assist it by all the means in their power.

Brieger asked what the EU’s specific tasks would be in a European context if a war broke out.

“What could the bloc do in the case of collective defense? Could it be in charge of defending critical infrastructure or cyber-resilience? Could it be responsible for enhancement of military mobility requirements?” he said.

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