8
Oct
2025
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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)
Madam President, for God's sake, I mean, I think we should first manage these speaking times here in order to manage everything in a geopolitical order. The recent incursion into European airspace showed that the threat is multifaceted, and that a wide range of means is used to destabilise us. The European Union must respond firmly to these hybrid threats. EU Member States must invest into anti-drone systems to protect their critical infrastructure against the drone attack. This is what Croatia has committed to, along with the participation in the drone coalition, to ensure a stable supply of drones to Ukraine to support production of drones in Europe. Moreover, to counter the Russian threat to our security, I welcome the European Commission proposal to develop European defence projects such as the Eastern Flank Watch. However, in designing this project, we must take into account the full scope of NATO's flank, from north to south, from east to west, Mr Commissioner, as we already discussed, and we also must increase cooperation with our American allies – that remains key to the European continent's stability and security.