(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The President of the European Parliament (EP), Martin Schulz, Thursday called for a new EU security and defence strategy to face the new challenges like hybrid wars and cyber security.
"First, our new security strategy must offer a clear long-term vision about how the EU will ensure security both inside and outside of Europe," he told a summit of EU leaders in Brussels earlier tonight.
The EU leaders are expected later today to task EU High Representative Federica Mogherini with submitting a broad EU strategy on foreign and security policy by June 2016.
He noted the world has become much more complex and conflict-ridden, and more dangerous.
"To our East, borders have been changed by force, a fundamental principle of international law has been violated by a UN Security Council member and the conflict in Ukraine is still dragging on. To our South, from Libya, to Syria, states are failing and the brutality of the so-called Islamic State is sending shock-waves around the world," said Schulz.
On the Greek debt crisis, he said "the European Parliament hopes that a compromise will be reached today; one that will keep Greece in the Eurozone and pave the way for improving the sustainability of Greek debt." On migration, he said Europe is facing an enormous humanitarian crisis, "and high expectations are now resting on you to deliver." He called for a permanent EU system for sharing the responsibility for refugees and asylum seekers among EU Member States and stressed that this cannot take place without the full involvement of the EP. (end)
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