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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12317

31 August 2019
SECURITY - DEFENCE / Security
Mr Kaikkonen encourages applying mutual solidarity clause against hybrid threats
Helsinki, 30/08/2019 (Agence Europe)

Finnish Defence Minister, Antti Kaikkonen, said on Thursday 29 August that Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union on the mutual defence clause should apply to hybrid threats.

My opinion is that Article 42(7) can cover hybrid threats”, he explained at the end of the lunch between European Foreign and Defence Ministers during which they discussed, among other things, how to invoke this article in the event of a hybrid attack and the mutual assistance that can be put in place...