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Mr President, I too should like to thank you for the debate and the comments made, especially on the Common Foreign and Security Policy, from which numerous direct and indirect conclusions have emerged.
I shall confine myself to two comments: first, on the question raised by Mr von Wogau, who highlighted an interesting shortcoming in Europe's defence and security policy, to do with the absence of a single market. We do in fact agree that this is an area in which cooperation, be it on the production side or be it on the research and development side, as well as more general cooperation between countries can bring in significant results. It is a shortcoming, as Mr Brok also notes in his report, which makes some very interesting points as regards security and defence, with which, as I said, we agree. We believe that Europe, which has made such a tremendous effort and has achieved results in research and development in the non-military sector of the economy, could extend this effort to the area of defence if it wishes to acquire greater autonomy, independence and development potential and derive economic benefit from it.
My second comment has to do with the question raised by Mr Lagendijk. As the Presidency, I have outlined the efforts being made to resolve the problem. I should like to point out that the solution we need to aim for is a European foreign and security policy which is open to any third countries wishing to share this new experience with the European Union. However, we also need to safeguard certain principles: the principle of independence of the Union's decision-making system and the integrity of its institutions. These are principles which Parliament itself has called for and they are included in the Treaties, which is why we are working to make a success of them. I am positive that, with the systematic efforts being made and with the real spirit which can be demonstrated on all sides, we shall be able – I hope soon – to reach a result."@en1
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