
As European Union leaders meet in Cyprus, the country's President Nikos Christodoulides has called for them to address a long-standing gap in the bloc’s security architecture – how the EU responds if one of its member state comes under attack.
Ahead of the informal summit in Nicosia on Thursday, Christodoulides called on fellow EU leaders to draw up a clear “playbook” for responding to a scenario in which a member state came under attack.