An overall strategy to protect critical infrastructure was requested by the European Council in 2004, in the aftermath of the Madrid train bombings, with a view to preventing the potentially disastrous impact that damage to, or the loss of, infrastructure in any one Member State could have on the EU economy and public confidence as a whole.
Erik MEIJER (GUE/NGL, NL) Eiropas Parlamenta rezolūcija par Bijušās Dienvidslāvijas Maķedonijas Republikas 2006. gada progresa ziņojumu