Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-25-Speech-3-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:CFSP (Common Foreign and Security Policy)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020925.5.3-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-25-Speech-3-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Lalumière2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-07-29--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti radical de gauche (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in no way do I wish to contradict the excellent reports by Mr Brok and Mr Titley which I support, in the same way as I support the comments that they have made. These reports quite rightly emphasise the progress made since last year in the area of the CFSP and in that of the ESDP. We have made progress, for example, by establishing the ESDP bodies, in the fight against terrorism and conflict prevention. I am thinking of the Balkans and of how specific crises have been managed. Alongside this progress, however, it must be noted that things have not been going too well just lately. Europe’s voice often cannot be heard. Several speakers have told you this, Mr President-in-Office of the Council. Here are some examples: the European Union played no part in the military action in Afghanistan, although the Member States participated. In civilian matters, the Union once again provided substantial humanitarian and material aid, but its political role remained very low-key. In Iraq, in response to US intentions, the Union did, to its credit, reiterate the role that the United Nations should play. But what can the High Representative do, when confronted with the conflicting positions of the members of the Council of Ministers? Mr President-in-Office of the Council, what are you, personally, doing today, on behalf of the European Union? You have proposed absolutely nothing! And what has our wonderful Mediterranean policy achieved, not only in the Middle East, but in Maghreb and the Mashreq countries? The European Parliament is not the place where we will answer the question ‘what can be done?’ To sum up, I would simply like to make one comment: the CFSP and the ESDP are intergovernmental policies. Once again, this method is showing its limitations. If our governments continue to disagree or choose silence or inaction, if, therefore, the Union has no genuine foreign policy or any genuine security policy, then we must change method and perhaps use the Community method instead. The answer lies primarily in the hands of the ministers. But as you said, Commissioner, nothing is a substitute for political will."@en1
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