EU member states have to step up their security readiness for a new and unstable era, the former president of Finland Sauli Niinistö said on Wednesday at a Brussels press conference. Peace may have been “self-evident” and taken for granted in the past, but this can no longer be the case, Niinistö said, laying out his findings in a major report. The former Finnish president was tasked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to draw up a plan for the bloc’s civilian and military preparedness. Citing the increased threat of climate change and an aggressive Russia waging war on the E…