France Bolsters Defenses Against Russian Hybrid Threats Amid Intensified European Security Concerns
France is significantly enhancing its protection of critical infrastructure and defense sites in response to an escalating threat from Russian drone and cyber-attacks across Europe. President Emmanuel Macron has initiated a new protection plan, citing an intensification of the Russian hybrid threat facing European nations and France. This move follows a high-level meeting at the Élysée Palace involving French political leaders and the heads of the country’s primary security and intelligence bodies, including the director-general of the DGSE foreign intelligence service and the head of the DGSI domestic security service. French authorities are increasingly focusing on cyber-attacks, drones, and foreign interference as key threats. Macron specifically referenced an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport in Germany, which German authorities attributed to Russian military intelligence, warning that similar operations could occur elsewhere in Europe. He emphasized that France is mobilizing regional authoriti...
