PHOTOS: Top EU official vows to ‘stress test’ pipelines after leaksĪlso in Strasbourg on Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell predicted that the bloc’s 27 national governments would agree to hit Russia with new sanctions in response to its illegal annexation of four regions in Ukraine that make up around 15% of Ukrainian territory. “This then should be followed by other high-risk sectors, such as the offshore digital and electricity infrastructure.” “We will work with member states to ensure effective stress tests in the energy sector,” she said. The explosions caused big methane leaks in the Baltic Sea.īecause EU countries are responsible for overseeing energy and other basic infrastructure in the bloc, von der Leyen said her safety push would involve national capitals.
“We need to identify whether we have weak points and where these weak points are.” She also said that satellite surveillance will be used to detect potential threats.Īmid Russia’s seven-month war against Ukraine and western military support for the Ukrainian government, the Nord Stream damage resulted from undersea blasts caused by several hundred pounds of explosives in four locations off southern Sweden and Denmark.
“We need to stress test our infrastructure,” von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. BRUSSELS - The head of the European Union’s executive arm vowed Wednesday to introduce checks on key EU infrastructure, including energy, after the suspected sabotage of natural-gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.Įuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the damage last week to the Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia and Germany has “shown how vulnerable our energy infrastructure is” and a comprehensive plan is needed to ensure the safety of key EU networks, including for data.
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