The EU Commissioner for Agriculture warns that food can be used as a weapon of war: "We cannot build a continent with empty stomachs."

At the Munich Security Conference, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, warned that Europe risks becoming vulnerable due to external food dependencies.

The Commissioner emphasized that using food as a pressure tool is part of hybrid warfare and can affect the security of the European Union. Hansen stated that "we cannot build a continent with empty stomachs" and highlighted the importance of reducing food dependencies, especially on Russia, which uses grains as a tool of influence. The Commissioner expressed concern about the European Union's dependence on fertilizer imports from Russia and Belarus, stressing that this places the community bloc in a "very dangerous situation." He called for a reassessment of the global impact of using food as a weapon of war, insisting that food security must be an integral part of security discussions.