Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-01-Speech-3-078"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Statement by the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000301.5.3-078"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-01-Speech-3-0792
lpv:speaker	lp:Gunilla Carlsson2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2000-05-17)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2002-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2000-05-16)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, High Representative, Commissioner, I have two questions for you, Mr Solana. How, with credibility, are you going to be able to continue promoting closer cooperation on defence and military issues if the Member States are not prepared to comply with common commitments? Meetings are all very well, but it is the result that counts. I also wonder what kind of plans you have to induce governments to ensure that a force of 60 000 troops becomes a reality and not merely figures on a piece of paper. If we look around, the reality is that the CFSP is in danger of becoming nothing more than talk. Take, for example, Germany’s defence savings. These are not only of concern to the defence minister, Mr Scharping. Instead, they also affect the whole of Europe. In my own country, Sweden, the objective, and the commitment towards playing our part, is to supply 2 500 men for EU operations. In the present situation, the national defence can only supply approximately 1 500 men, due to reduced defence spending. If we translate this number into figures for the EU countries as a whole, which is not an unreasonable thing to do if no review is to take place, we shall not have 60 000 men but, at best, 35 000 to 40 000 by the year 2003. My second question concerns the following matter. Some weeks ago, you were evidently misquoted in the German-speaking media, whereupon your press service put out a statement correcting matters. I should like, however, to know the background to this, namely whether, as High Representative, you have been toying at all with the idea of giving Austria special treatment in the context of your assignment and, if so, on whose mandate and with how much leeway."@en1

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