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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	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001129.8.3-135"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-29-Speech-3-1362
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Carrilho2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-11-11--2001-09-26)3,3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish, first of all, to congratulate the two authors of the reports that we are now discussing, especially my colleague, Catherine Lalumière. In the last few weeks the media have focused, as we in Parliament are doing today, on issues concerning European foreign and defence policy. I am referring to the creation of a rapid reaction force and the transfer of WEU powers to the European Union. It could be said that the public debate on these issues has broadened. In addition to the diversity of opinions, I feel that there is a prevailing awareness that Europe is at an historic moment which requires its role in the international system to be clarified. The perception of the importance attached by the European public to the common foreign and security policy is, in fact, borne out by the recent findings of Eurobarometer. Although we all agree that priority should be given to conflict prevention and to the devastating effects of other types of disaster, the European Union will only be taken seriously if it also provides itself with military support capabilities for humanitarian interventions. The progress that we are making in this field must, however, make us extremely thorough. Greater clarification and definition are needed at every stage of the creation of common instruments for military defence, from the methods of participation to command, and in the responsibilities that should be given to the various countries. We must ensure that this whole process is democratically monitored. The European Parliament, working together with the national parliaments, is, in my opinion, the most appropriate body for this task. I would like the Minister to comment on this point, if he can."@en1

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