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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991118.7.4-178"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-18-Speech-4-1792
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2000-02-17)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"I cannot vote in favour of the Dimitrakopoulos/Leinen report for reasons which include the following. The report has a clear supranational character. I support cooperation between States, but not the supranational dimension which the rapporteurs advocate and which was clearly rejected in the latest EU election. I also oppose the demands for common military defence, especially in sections 26 and 27 which require a “binding timetable” for a common defence and security policy which is to guarantee the EU’s external borders. Nor can I accept that the WEU should be integrated in such a way that the EU might in the future take measures with the help of credible military resources. No exception is to be made for Article 5 which prescribes a mutual responsibility for intervening militarily if another Member State is attacked. Sweden is militarily non-aligned, aiming at neutrality in times of war, and may in no circumstances take part in common military defence. I consider that it should only be possible to revise the EU’s statute through a unanimous decision in the Council of Ministers. Finally, I consider that Parliament ought to concentrate on the changes which must take place if we are to cope with decision making in an enlarged EU."@en1

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