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"Mr President, in this debate, having heard the statements by the Council and the Commission, whom I thank for the quality and relevance of their contributions, it would seem appropriate to point out that the European Union’s Treaties still contain neither a clause for mutual military assistance, similar to the clause that exists in NATO or in the WEU, nor specific provisions on cooperation in the field of arms.
Where Europe is concerned, these matters are, as we all know, regulated by the revised Treaty of Brussels under the so-called ‘left-over’ functions of the Western European Union. It should be added that, since 11 September, we have all been more keenly aware that a new definition of defence is needed, one which combines internal and external security. We must now find a way of dealing with enemies who, despite not having armies, manage to threaten the security of countries and of citizens and against the attacks of which traditional armies are insufficient defence.
Indeed, in the globalised world in which we live, politics, diplomacy, information, internal security and defence complement one another to respond to these new types of threat. Security has become a global and indivisible concept, quite different from traditional concepts. The obligation of the European Union and its Member States is, therefore, to rationalise their military and arms production capacities and to strengthen their resources for diplomatic cooperation, information services and also judicial and police cooperation in a genuine synergy of national and transnational policies. Where relations with the Atlantic alliance are concerned, we feel that efforts to develop a common security and defence policy must be viewed in terms of our partnership with NATO. The strength of European security and defence policy lies precisely in its cooperation with NATO and not in the dangerous and pointless temptation to compete with that organisation in any way.
Finally, a word on the parliamentary monitoring of the CFSP, which, as is well-known, is performed at two levels: the European level, which is overseen by the European Parliament, which deals with the prevention and civilian management of crises, and the national level, which deals with military crisis management. This type of monitoring is carried out by national parliaments. This issue was the subject of a recent debate and statement in this House. It is, therefore, entirely appropriate to call for the establishment of closer relations and for a greater exchange of information between the European Parliament and the national parliaments on issues involving the CFSP as a means of enabling the various parliamentary bodies to undertake democratic monitoring in a more appropriate and more suitable way."@en1
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