The European Parliament has called on the European Commission and the Council of the EU to draw up an action plan including measures to prevent and counter the escalation of Russia’s hybrid warfare against the Union in the land, air, sea and digital spheres, by adopting (by 469 votes in favour, 97 against and 38 abstentions), on Thursday 9 October, a resolution on Russia’s recent violations of the airspace of EU countries (see EUROPE 13726/9).
By adopting an oral amendment, the European Parliament expressed its full solidarity with Moldova as well as with Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Romania, Estonia and all other Member States exposed to Russia’s military provocations and acts of hybrid warfare.
The deliberate disruption of EU air traffic by Russian agents is “escalatory, risks miscalculation, endangers lives, constitutes a serious violation of applicable international norms and poses a serious threat to EU citizens and to peace and security in Europe”, according to the European Parliament.
The European Parliament rejected an oral amendment by Nathalie Loiseau (Renew Europe, French) condemning Viktor Orbán’s dispatch of drones over Ukraine.
The European Parliament has called on the EU Council to maintain and extend its sanctions regime against Russia and to apply a similar sanctions policy to all states that support it, including Belarus, Iran and North Korea, and to sanction Chinese entities that supply military items essential to the manufacture of drones and missiles.
See the resolution: https://aeur.eu/f/iv5 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)