Commission issues 30-step plan for dealing with increased threats including Russian aggression

Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.26-113538/https://www.ft.com/content/eeb1ee80-00b8-4f9f-b560-a6717a80d58d

EU households should stockpile essential supplies to survive at least 72 hours of crisis, Brussels has proposed, as Russia’s war in Ukraine and a darkening geopolitical landscape prompt the bloc to take new steps to increase its security.

The continuing conflict in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic that brutally exposed a lack of crisis response capabilities and the Trump administration’s adversarial stance towards Europe have forced the continent to rethink its vulnerabilities and increase spending on defence and security.

The new initiative comes as European intelligence agencies warn that Russia could attack an EU member state within three to five years, adding to natural threats including floods and wildfires worsened by climate change and societal risks such as financial crises.

Europe faced increased threats “including the possibility of armed aggression against member states”, the European Commission warned on Wednesday as it published a 30-step plan for its 27 capitals to increase their preparedness for crisis and mitigation measures.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    38·
    6 days ago

    It’s an estimate on how long you need to survive on your own, before the government is able to help.

    • atro_city@fedia.io
      182·
      6 days ago

      I think that’s very optimistic. Looking at how COVID went, I have no faith at all in people’s ability to stay calm. The government isn’t going to be able to help those in need 3 days in with the masses of idiots around. No way.

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
        17·
        6 days ago

        Well, during COVID the idea was still that things should run as normally, with a market economy and stuff. During an actual war, any sensible government would immediately take control of the distribution of food, water, energy and other essentials. Scalpers would be immediately detained, rather than to allow them to run rampant.

        • atro_city@fedia.io
          10·
          6 days ago

          One would hope so, but I bet you enough people would be influenced by a Russian disinformation campaign to trigger riots on the streets because “Russia is a friend, we are the aggressors” or whatever other bullshit they come up with. Then troops would have to be pulled away from the border to deal with the riots.

          • sit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            I have acquaintances who are invested in the Russian propaganda, and this is very possible.

            It’s insane, talking about it does nothing as the root issues are others.

            I can’t help them.

        • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          21·
          5 days ago

          Any sensible government would.

          But for any government consisting of a bunch of greedy opportunists who are only in it in order to enrich themselves, there is endless opportunity to become very rich by fucking over the public even more than in peacetime.

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        If it’s an actual war they can throw their weight around just fine, idiots will just have to deal with it. Actually, that happened during covid too. I don’t remember starving, just an every-increasing whinging in the background as the problem was dealt with efficiently.