Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-17-Speech-1-092"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council/Belgian Presidency2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011217.3.1-092"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-17-Speech-1-0932
lpv:speaker	lp:Marielle de Sarnez2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2001-06-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, on the day after the Laeken Summit, I would like to express a few regrets and one hope. I regret that in the field of foreign and defence policy, the Heads of State and Government meeting in Laeken have not been able to show their capacity to act. So, while we are living through an unprecedented crisis, the European Union will not be able to decide to send a joint force to Afghanistan. Such a decision would have sent a strong signal of the will of the Europeans, by showing that we are ready to carry out our responsibilities fully, both in a military sense and in a humanitarian or political sense. Likewise, once again, in the field of common defence, no immediate decision has been taken. These statements are largely virtual and the issue of automatic access by the Union to NATO’s resources has yet to be sorted out. The Union’s foreign and defence policy exists more in speeches than in actions, and I regret this. More than ever, we must build a political and democratic Europe which is capable of carrying weight and influence in the world. That is why I would now like to express a hope. The Laeken Summit has decided to create the Convention. It has provided it with an excellent president and an open agenda. I would like to thank the Belgian Presidency for this, since throughout its mandate it has shown courage and vision, as well as the Commissioner responsible for these issues. This Convention opens the way to a new future for Europe. I wish it success, and I hope that in two years time we may have a constitution which all the citizens of the European Union can read and understand, and that we finally establish the principle of directly electing the President of the European Commission. If we do not want to the European Union of tomorrow to be a mere free trade area, if we really want to carry weight in the world, in the new international order, this is the only possible course."@en1

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