The European Commission on Tuesday proposed giving itself a greater support and coordination role to enhance the bloc’s preparedness and response against threats to its critical infrastructure. In new recommendations unveiled from Brussels, the EU’s executive stressed that European critical infrastructure including pipelines, transport ways, or undersea cables is increasingly more interconnected and interdependent, which makes it more efficient but also more vulnerable to incidents or attacks. It argued therefore that the EU has “a particular role to play” when it comes to cross-border infrast…