The conflict in Ukraine and ensuring the European security were high on the talks agenda of the European leaders, who on Thursday night ended two days of consecutive summits in Copenhagen, Denmark \u2013 the Informal Meeting of the European Council and the seventh meeting of the European Political Community. The summits were marked by the obstructions of the Hungarian president, Viktor Orban, who, in spite of insistent calls from other chiefs of staff and government, vehemently refused to give up his vetoing the EU accession request of Ukraine, which also hinders the Republic of Moldova\u2019s efforts to advance in negotiations.<\/p>\n
The Danish capital also hosted talks on the ambitious project of building a \u2018drone wall\u2019 to protect the eastern flank of NATO and the EU. Russia has been suspected of having been behind the numerous drone incidents Europe has seen in recent days, but the European leaders have refrained from leveling accusations at Moscow, which denies any allegation in connection with the aforementioned incidents.<\/p>\n
Besides flying over strategic objectives, the Russian military drones launched against Ukraine have repeatedly violated the airspace of some countries located at the EU borders, including Romania\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Drone threats are no longer an issue related to vicinity with Russia, says the Romanian President, Nicusor Dan, who represented the country at the aforementioned summits. According to him, the \u2018drone wall\u2019 could become operational in a couple of months.<\/p>\n
The drones aren\u2019t the only common challenge, President Dan says, who has also referred to the hybrid online threats and has briefed the European leaders on the first conclusions of the Bucharest prosecutors in the file of the last year\u2019s cancelled election, with emphasis on the way in which the Russian Federation used the social networks to provide fake news and influence the public opinion in Romania.<\/p>\n
The head of the Romanian state has also talked about how the aforementioned manipulation schemes, together with other threats, such as cyber attacks and the use of drones, are common challenges for all European countries.<\/p>\n
The European Commission has proposed to come up by the end of the year with a \u2018democratic shield\u2019, the Romanian president has also said adding that presently in Romania \u201cthere is cooperation between various institutions, which effectively intervene in blatant cases of disinformation and eliminate the fake content. However, there is room for improvement when it comes to fighting these actions\u201d.<\/p>\n
Copenhagen also hosted debates on the issue of drugs, which concluded with a joint statement also signed by Romania. The document says, the phenomenon is affecting all the European countries, and cooperation is needed when it comes to finding out the transport routes for these drugs, exchanging information or tracing money. According to the document, scientific cooperation is also needed in an attempt to contain this scourge.<\/p>\n
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