Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-29-Speech-3-129"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common foreign and security policy – Afghanistan2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001129.8.3-129"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-29-Speech-3-1302
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"I cannot tell you how delighted I am to discover that Mr Brok all along was a dangerous revolutionary! Could I congratulate Mrs Lalumière on her report. Clearly we have made huge leap forwards on European defence cooperation in the last 12 months or so, but there are certain things we need to bear in mind. Firstly, a key factor must be to maintain the consistency of the European Union's external policy. Unless Pillars 1, 2 and 3 are working towards the common goal, any other mechanism we set up is bound for failure. So we must always hold that in mind. Secondly, while attention has inevitably been focused in recent weeks on the military dimension, we must not lose sight of the need for civilian conflict prevention and one cannot be at the expense of the other, otherwise you are actually pulling in opposite ways. Thirdly, while I welcome the Rapid Reaction Force, we have to be clear from Europe's perspective, as we only get one chance to get this right. It is not a question of not being halfway in or halfway out, there has to be a clear commitment by all the Member States involved to making this work. We should not therefore try to force this to do anything it is not intended to. NATO of course is the arm of collective defence of Europe and the West. The Rapid Reaction Force's job is peacekeeping and peacemaking and the Petersberg tasks. To do that we have to have the capability. At the moment we are grossly short of that capability and ultimately Member States have to consider their defence expenditure plans, which are dramatically different from one country to another. I would like ultimately to see us move towards greater convergence of defence expenditure. We also need proper coordination. No duplication, not only with NATO, but no duplication within EU Member States. We should be working together and coordinating. We should move towards greater European procurement policy, so we have a more efficient defence industry delivering better value for money."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2000-04-11--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2000-02-16--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-05-20)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE )."1

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