EU plans to develop common security strategy

The European Commissioner for Home Affairs on Thursday expressed the need for the European Union to develop a common security strategy.

Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem, said the EU has to "develop an action-oriented Internal Security Strategy to better protect the life and the safety of EU citizens against all threats and hazards."

Malmstroem, speaking at the Belgian presidency conference on research development and innovation for a more secure Europe, highlighted the need for the bloc to develop tools and policies to tackle common threats.

Malmstroem argued that today's security challenges could no longer be efficiently addressed at the national or regional level.

To that end, then, the European Commission will propose five security objectives to be achieved by the end of 2014, including the disruption of organised crime, the prevention of terrorist acts, and making cyberspace safer for everyone.

Source: Xinhua