Today, the EU launches its new #Preparedness Strategy.
“Ready for anything” — this must be our new European way of life. Our motto and #hashtag. pic.twitter.com/fA1z8ZvMDA
— Hadja Lahbib (@hadjalahbib) March 26, 2025
We reported a few days ago that France is encouraging all of its citizens to prepare a 72-hour emergency kit. Now, the same advice is coming down from the European Union. The X video above is from Hadja Lahbib, the EU Commissioner of “Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management.” The recommendations are familiar to most of our readers. Every citizen of the EU should have a survival kit consisting of:
- Eyeglasses
- Documents in waterproof pouch
- Flashlight
- Matches or lighter
- Water
- Swiss Army Knife
- Medications
- Food
- Cash
- Charger and power bank
- Playing cards
- Radio
We like to think that most of our readers are prepared in excess of these bare minimums. But even so, it doesn’t hurt to look through a list like this, and make sure you have these items available at home, at work, in your car, at school, or wherever you might find yourself when disaster strikes.
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We hope there won’t be a war. But it doesn’t hurt to take at least some minimal preparations to help you should there be one, or even a more mundane emergency.
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