The Estonia Declaration commits Renew Europe to campaign for:
• A European Sky Shield to protect EU citizens and Ukrainians.
• European Intelligence and cyber resilience. Today’s threats transcend soldiers and tanks. Renew Europe calls for the establishment of a European intelligence platform for foreign intelligence collection as well as to, inter alia, detect, analyse and counter foreign interference and hybrid attacks. Renew Europe reiterates once more the need for the establishment of an EU cyber defence coordination centre to monitor, detect and respond to cyber threats in real time.
• Democracy protection, through education against disinformation programme, EU wide.
• Enhanced investment for military mobility, with increased EU funding for dual-use infrastructure.
• A European Defence Union and a strong European pillar within NATO.
“Disinformation campaigns, cyber operations and hybrid threats from the Kremlin aim to destabilise our societies and erode trust in institutions. The Estonian and Finnish education model proves that resilience starts in schools".
Well informed citizens, independent media and NGO's are the strongest safeguard of democracy, this is why Renew Europe calls on the European Commission to set up a fund to support independent media and NGO's in candidate countries.
