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"Mr President, our Group welcomes the implementation of the initiative aimed at giving the European Union a greater role in the prevention of conflicts and we look forward with great interest to the communication which Mr Patten has said the Commission will deliver next month.
Now, experience has shown us that there are certain problems to be considered. To this end, although we agree in general with Mr Brok’s oral question and we recognise that he has accepted collective work by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, there is a specific point that concerns us which is just the opposite of what Mrs Nicholson says. In both recital D and in paragraph 8 it is unfortunate that NATO is mentioned because NATO has been one of the main causes of problems in many places, as we saw in the former Yugoslavia, in Kosovo and in Cyprus when it was invaded by Turkey. Our support cannot therefore be total.
This oral question also contains an important element: targeting the global economic and social factors which may forewarn us of conflicts. We should be alert to situations which may arise tomorrow or the day after. In the Western Sahara there is currently a very explosive situation which the authorities do not want to acknowledge and which should cause us great concern in the European Union. The same could be said of Israel and Palestine, where a crisis with serious consequences for us could blow up in our faces at any time.
We do not want to behave like the United States of America, which whenever there is a problem – such as in Colombia for example – instead of supporting a negotiated solution, reached through discussion, sends more soldiers, more aircraft and more military force, thereby making the situation worse. We want Europe to promote stability, peace and a negotiated solution to conflicts. We therefore believe that, in relation to the conflict now arising between Macedonia and Kosovo, we must first concern ourselves with the complacency with which the Americans in the region have fallen into step with the KLA forces and, on the other hand, we must recognise and support Macedonia’s efforts to reach a border agreement and condemn terrorism."@en1
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