Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-09-Speech-2-163"
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"Mr President, the principle of European cooperation in defence procurement is well established. I have witnessed many projects in my own region, such as the Tornado, Eurofighter, even Airbus and its derivatives. Indeed, for a time, I was minister responsible for Aerospace and therefore for Airbus, so I am one of those who is very keen that the A400M flies as soon as possible.
The north-west of England has many deep and longstanding commitments in all its industry to working alongside skilled and professional colleagues throughout the European Union. They have hopes of participating in the future, for example, in the Galileo Project, whether or not it has a defence role.
The defence industrial base is hugely important to the Union. For strategic military reasons of course but also for the advanced technology which can often be put to civilian use and for the contribution to local communities in terms of jobs, infrastructure and profit. But there is wastage. There are cost over-runs, gold-plating, extra-contractual obligations – bribes, in English – and a lot more. To use military jargon: there should be a C3 for defence industries: cooperation, coordination and cost control.
I and many of my colleagues in the British Conservative Group have concerns about the EDSP in principle. For example, what is the control and restraint on arms exports going to do to the sovereign rights of Member States? What exactly is the European Armament Agency going to do? Why should absolute priority be given to fulfilling the capabilities requirement of the EDSP?
But generally these objectives are to be welcomed and, with a little finessing, I am sure can work. I support those broad objectives."@en1
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