布鲁塞尔：欧盟防长周一（9月28日）讨论了该集团是否需要建立类似北约的紧急机制，以加强协调应对俄罗斯的“混合攻击”。
BRUSSELS: EU defence ministers on Monday (Sep 28) discussed whether the bloc needs its own NATO-style emergency mechanism to bolster coordination against "hybrid attacks" by Russia.
欧洲各国政府表示，随着克里姆林宫的军队在乌克兰前线陷入困境，莫斯科正在加大对乌克兰支持者的破坏和干涉行动，距离其2022年2月入侵已逾四年。
European governments say Moscow is stepping up a campaign of sabotage and interference against Ukraine's backers as the Kremlin's troops struggle on the front line there, more than four years after their February 2022 invasion.
在发生多起高关注度事件后——例如在德国一机场发现武装无人机——欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩本月初提议建立新的“紧急安全协议”，以应对日益升级的威胁。
After high-profile incidents such as an armed drone found at a German airport European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen earlier this month pitched establishing a new "emergency security protocol" to deal with the rising threat.
冯德莱恩表示，该机制——类似于北约第四条——将允许任何欧盟国家在危机发生时召集紧急磋商，帮助就如何应对低于公开侵略门槛的“灰色地带”事件达成共识。
Von der Leyen said the mechanism - similar to NATO's Article Four - would allow any European Union country to convene urgent talks in case of crisis to help find consensus on responding to incidents in the grey zone below open aggression.
欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯在周一会议伊始表示，讨论将着眼于“针对混合攻击的更广泛战略”。“我们可以在不同层面使用哪些工具？”她说。
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said at the start of Monday's meeting that discussion would look at "the broader strategy against hybrid attacks". "What are the tools that we can use on different levels?" she said.
欧盟部长们普遍欢迎加强集团应对能力的推动，因为他们正在寻找应对莫斯科威胁的办法。
EU ministers broadly welcomed the push to step up the bloc's response as they grapple for ways to combat what they see as the menace from Moscow.
“我们不仅需要在事件发生时做出反应，还需要预判可能的升级——与成员国合作、相互协作，确保一旦发生意外，我们已有强有力的应对机制，”爱尔兰外长麦克恩蒂表示，其国是欧盟仅有的四个非北约成员国之一。
"We need to be able to not just respond when incidents happen, but also pre-empt possible escalations - work with member states, work with each other, to make sure that we have a strong response in place should something happen," said Irish foreign minister Helen McEntee, whose country is one of only four in the EU not in NATO.
“在具体实施细节上仍需进一步磋商——但可以肯定的是，成员国都有意愿。”一位欧盟高级官员表示，布鲁塞尔若有需要，已可“拿出相当多的手段”协助各国应对混合事件。
"There's still a bit of work to do to work through what that might look like - but certainly, there's a willingness from member states." A senior EU official said that Brussels can already put "quite a lot on the table" to help countries respond to hybrid incidents if needed.
这包括派遣专家团队协助建议如何加强安全，以及增加资金支持。"每个国家都必须采取自己的措施来应对混合威胁，但欧盟和北约也必须采取更大力度的措施，加强协调以应对这些混合行动，"芬兰国防部长安蒂·哈卡宁表示。
That includes dispatching expert teams to help advise on how to bolster security, and increasing funding. "Each country has to do their own measures to counter hybrid measures, but the European Union and NATO also have to do much more bigger measures, stronger coordination to counter these hybrid actions," said Finnish defence minister Antti Hakkanen.
欧盟官员表示，他们打算在下个月发布的一份新安全战略文件中提出更充实的提案。
EU officials have said that they intend to come up with more fleshed out proposals in a new security strategy document they hope to release next month.