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2021/2568(RSP) Resolution on the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade

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RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ITRE BUŞOI Cristian-Silviu (icon: EPP EPP) GRUDLER Christophe (icon: Renew Renew), ANDRESEN Rasmus (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), TOŠENOVSKÝ Evžen (icon: ECR ECR)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5

Events

2021/12/06
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2021/06/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2021/06/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 670 votes to 4, with 12 abstentions, a resolution on the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade.

Parliament recalled that digital transformation - a key strategic priority for the EU - is inevitably associated with increased exposure to cyber threats.

The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated cyber vulnerabilities in some critical sectors, in particular healthcare, while teleworking measures have increased dependence on digital technologies.

The number of cyber-attacks is increasing dramatically and hybrid threats, which include the use of disinformation campaigns and cyber-attacks against infrastructure, economic processes and democratic institutions, are growing in number and concern.

Secure and resilient connected products against cyber threats

Members called for a goal to be set to ensure that all internet-connected products available in the EU, as well as the entire supply chains that make them available, are secure by design, resilient to cyber incidents and updated as soon as possible when vulnerabilities are discovered.

Parliament welcomed the Commission's intention to propose horizontal legislation on cybersecurity requirements for connected products and associated services. It called for such legislation to provide for harmonisation of national laws to avoid fragmentation of the single market. It also invited the Commission to assess the need for a proposal for a horizontal regulation introducing cyber security requirements for applications, software, embedded software and operating systems by 2023.

Cybersecurity policies

Stressing the need to integrate cybersecurity into digitisation, Parliament called for EU-funded digitisation projects to include cybersecurity requirements . It welcomed support for research and innovation, especially in disruptive technologies (such as quantum computing and quantum cryptography) and called for further research into post-quantum algorithms as a standard for cyber security.

Parliament insisted that cybersecurity policies should be integrated into the EU's digital strategy and its funding, and that they should be coherent and interoperable across sectors. It recommended a coherent use of EU funds for cyber security.

Critical infrastructure

Parliament stressed the need for a new robust security framework for the EU's critical infrastructure to safeguard the EU's security interests and to build on existing capabilities to respond appropriately to risks, threats and technological changes.

Members called on the Commission to develop provisions to ensure the accessibility, availability and integrity of the public core of the internet and thus the stability of cyberspace. They welcomed the EU's 5G cybersecurity toolkit and called on the Commission, Member States and industry to continue their efforts to promote secure communication networks.

Strategic resilience of the EU

The Commission and the Member States are invited to pool their resources in order to strengthen the EU's strategic resilience, reduce its dependence on foreign technologies and promote its leadership and competitiveness in cybersecurity across the digital supply chain, including cloud data storage and processing, processor technologies, integrated circuits (chips), ultra-secure connectivity, quantum computing and next-generation networks.

The resolution stressed the need for a strong and coherent security framework to protect all EU personnel, data, communication networks and information systems, as well as decision-making processes, against cyber threats, and the importance of basing this framework on comprehensive, coherent and consistent rules and appropriate governance.

Members called on the Commission and Member States to build confidence and reduce barriers to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks at all levels.

Documents
2021/06/10
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2021/06/09
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2021/06/08
   EP - Oral question/interpellation by Parliament
Documents
2021/06/08
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2021/01/28
   EP - BUŞOI Cristian-Silviu (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE

Documents

Activities

Votes

Stratégie de cybersécurité de l’Union pour la décennie numérique - The EU's Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade - Die Cybersicherheitsstrategie der EU für die digitale Dekade - B9-0305/2021 - Am 1 #

2021/06/09 Outcome: +: 685, 0: 6, -: 1
DE FR IT ES PL RO NL BE HU PT SE CZ EL AT BG DK SK FI IE LT HR LV SI MT CY LU EE
Total
93
78
75
59
50
33
29
21
21
21
20
20
21
18
17
14
14
13
13
11
12
8
8
6
6
6
5
icon: PPE PPE
175

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
143

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

2

Finland S&D

1

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

For (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Finland Renew

3

Ireland Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
70

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ID ID
69

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

2
3

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Finland ID

2
icon: ECR ECR
60

Romania ECR

1

Greece ECR

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

1

Latvia ECR

2
icon: The Left The Left
39

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
38

Netherlands NI

1

Slovakia NI

Abstain (1)

2

Lithuania NI

1

Croatia NI

Abstain (1)

2

Stratégie de cybersécurité de l’Union pour la décennie numérique - The EU's Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade - Die Cybersicherheitsstrategie der EU für die digitale Dekade - B9-0305/2021 - Proposition de résolution #

2021/06/10 Outcome: +: 670, 0: 12, -: 4
DE FR IT ES PL RO NL HU BE AT PT BG EL CZ SE DK FI IE HR SK LT SI LV EE MT LU CY
Total
93
77
74
59
50
33
26
20
20
19
21
17
21
20
20
14
13
13
12
14
10
8
7
7
6
6
6
icon: PPE PPE
172

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE

2

Luxembourg PPE

2
2
icon: S&D S&D
141

Belgium S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Finland S&D

1

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
96

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

1
3

Finland Renew

3

Ireland Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
71

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ID ID
70

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1
3

Czechia ID

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
60

Romania ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Greece ECR

1
3

Croatia ECR

For (1)

1

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Latvia ECR

2
icon: The Left The Left
39

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Portugal The Left

4

Czechia The Left

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
37

Slovakia NI

Abstain (1)

2

Lithuania NI

1

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 670 votes to 4, with 12 abstentions, a resolution on the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade.
  • Parliament recalled that digital transformation - a key strategic priority for the EU - is inevitably associated with increased exposure to cyber threats.
  • The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated cyber vulnerabilities in some critical sectors, in particular healthcare, while teleworking measures have increased dependence on digital technologies.
  • The number of cyber-attacks is increasing dramatically and hybrid threats, which include the use of disinformation campaigns and cyber-attacks against infrastructure, economic processes and democratic institutions, are growing in number and concern.
  • Secure and resilient connected products against cyber threats
  • Members called for a goal to be set to ensure that all internet-connected products available in the EU, as well as the entire supply chains that make them available, are secure by design, resilient to cyber incidents and updated as soon as possible when vulnerabilities are discovered.
  • Parliament welcomed the Commission's intention to propose horizontal legislation on cybersecurity requirements for connected products and associated services. It called for such legislation to provide for harmonisation of national laws to avoid fragmentation of the single market. It also invited the Commission to assess the need for a proposal for a horizontal regulation introducing cyber security requirements for applications, software, embedded software and operating systems by 2023.
  • Cybersecurity policies
  • Stressing the need to integrate cybersecurity into digitisation, Parliament called for EU-funded digitisation projects to include cybersecurity requirements . It welcomed support for research and innovation, especially in disruptive technologies (such as quantum computing and quantum cryptography) and called for further research into post-quantum algorithms as a standard for cyber security.
  • Parliament insisted that cybersecurity policies should be integrated into the EU's digital strategy and its funding, and that they should be coherent and interoperable across sectors. It recommended a coherent use of EU funds for cyber security.
  • Critical infrastructure
  • Parliament stressed the need for a new robust security framework for the EU's critical infrastructure to safeguard the EU's security interests and to build on existing capabilities to respond appropriately to risks, threats and technological changes.
  • Members called on the Commission to develop provisions to ensure the accessibility, availability and integrity of the public core of the internet and thus the stability of cyberspace. They welcomed the EU's 5G cybersecurity toolkit and called on the Commission, Member States and industry to continue their efforts to promote secure communication networks.
  • Strategic resilience of the EU
  • The Commission and the Member States are invited to pool their resources in order to strengthen the EU's strategic resilience, reduce its dependence on foreign technologies and promote its leadership and competitiveness in cybersecurity across the digital supply chain, including cloud data storage and processing, processor technologies, integrated circuits (chips), ultra-secure connectivity, quantum computing and next-generation networks.
  • The resolution stressed the need for a strong and coherent security framework to protect all EU personnel, data, communication networks and information systems, as well as decision-making processes, against cyber threats, and the importance of basing this framework on comprehensive, coherent and consistent rules and appropriate governance.
  • Members called on the Commission and Member States to build confidence and reduce barriers to sharing information on cyber threats and attacks at all levels.
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