EU Reportedly Developing Security Protocol Similar to NATO's Article 4, Per FT
The mechanism would reportedly be invoked in the event of attacks on EU countries to help coordinate response measures, according to a Financial Times report cited by TASS.
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The European Union is working on a security protocol similar to Article 4 of the NATO treaty, according to a report by the Financial Times, as cited by Russia's TASS news agency.
The mechanism is intended to be invoked in the event of attacks on EU member countries and would facilitate coordination of response measures among member states, the report said.
Article 4 of the NATO treaty allows member states to formally request consultations whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened, and the reported EU mechanism appears to draw on a similar framework.
The FT report, as relayed by TASS, did not specify a timeline for the protocol's development or adoption, nor did it detail which EU institutions or member states are leading the effort.
It should be noted this report is relayed via TASS, a Russian state-controlled news agency, and further detail from the original Financial Times reporting or from EU officials was not available in the source material.
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