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The strategy focuses on detection and prevention/ DW: How the EU will increase internal security
2025-04-02 08:52:20 / BOTA
"Our security environment has changed dramatically. Today's threats are large, global and growing in the digital world," EU Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen pointed out in Strasbourg.
She cited powerful organised crime, terrorist networks, hybrid threats and attacks on critical infrastructure – often by hostile state actors – as examples. 64 percent of Europeans are concerned about security. They expect the EU to act, said the Finnish Commissioner, who is responsible for technical sovereignty and security in the EU Commission.
Security strategy focuses on detection and prevention
The EU Commission's response is the "ProtectEU" strategy, which was presented on Tuesday (01.04.2025). The EU Commission had previously stated how the EU aims to become more resilient in the field of defense. The strategy presented on Tuesday focuses on internal security.
To this end, this strategy emphasizes early detection and prevention. In the future, the EU will regularly conduct internal threat analyses through more intensive data exchange, including between intelligence services and member states.
The EU also wants member states to be more immune to hybrid threats – such as cyberattacks that paralyze hospitals or energy networks. To this end, critical infrastructure must be better secured in the future through new rules that guarantee network security.
According to the strategy document, some of the most serious hybrid attacks have targeted European security and democracy through disinformation and illegal activities online. Therefore, the aim is now to enforce existing laws, such as the Digital Services Act, more rigorously.
Europol must be strengthened
In parallel, there must be tougher action and more personnel in the fight against crime. The border protection agency Frontex, which is responsible for the EU's external borders, should be reinforced by about 10,000 employees from the current 30,000. The police authority, Europol, should also be "massively strengthened", Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner told the European Parliament.
The strategy document states that a draft law will be introduced by 2026 to transform Europol into a “police operational authority”. Among other things, Europol’s technological expertise and capacity to support national prosecution authorities will be strengthened. Europol also supports member states in the fight against crime.
The security strategy contains a package of legal acts, the implementation of which requires further legal measures./ DW
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