Energy, transport, the economy… Is the EU resilient?

The NATO-EU “Task Force” on the resilience of critical infrastructure, set up at the start of 2023, has published its final assessment report. An opportunity to take a closer look at this crucial subject. Critical infrastructure is the foundation on which our societies and economies rest. Military forces also depend to a large extent on these public and private assets to carry out their missions.

The resilience of this infrastructure is primarily a national responsibility, but cooperation at regional and international level is essential, notably through organisations such as NATO and the European Union. The Old Continent’s critical infrastructure faces a multitude of threats, both natural and man-made. Varied and widely dispersed, many of these assets may be seen by an adversary as “soft targets”, particularly as part of hybrid tactics...

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