The European Union This Wednesday presents the plan ‘Union preparation strategy‘With which the European Commission aims to prevent citizens from the effects of potential disasters of all kinds.
The draft of said document, which the country reports, affirms that each European home must have a survival kit in which enough resources are stored to subsist at least three days. The basic elements go through Water reserves, medications and batteries.
These are 30 key measures for citizens to know what to do in each emergency situation, for which they insist that the initial period after a catastrophe is the most “critical”, especially the First 72 hours since it has happenedsince after three days the possibilities of survival are reduced.
The reasons why the EU demands to have a survival kit
All these actions are framed in the complex international context that we live. European authorities intend to prepare for a eventual wartaking into account the latest events from the Trump’s return to power, the evolution of the War in Ukraine or the Russian paperamong other aspects.
The climatic emergencies They also worry. A situation that Spain has suffered in recent times, as with the Dana that ravaged the province of Valencia or the forest fires of the last summer. In short, Brussels are concerned about torrential rains, floods, drought … For this, he also prepares said plan and specific actions.
In addition, the COVID-19 Pandemia He showed that many authorities were not prepared and their effectiveness left much to be desired during the management of the same, something that the European Commission takes into account to request greater prevention in the face of a health emergency of these characteristics.
Finally, there is concern about the increase in cyber attacks to the banks or other entities that remove their safety foundations.
“In a context of increasing natural and anthropogenic risks, and deterioration of security perspectives for Europeit is urgent that the EU and its member states reinforce its preparation, “insists the Brussels document.
