Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-09-Speech-3-249"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security and defence – priorities and deficiencies2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.5.3-249"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-09-Speech-3-2502
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; ELDR (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, recent events show that the EU Member States cannot now and will not in the future agree on the organisation of a common defence policy. The EU Member States that belong to NATO have also been sharply divided in their views on the Iraq war, which reflects their general attitude to the new international order that is taking shape. This makes it difficult to establish a common defence policy. The neutral Member States have not wanted and do not want to have the Union become a military alliance or military superpower. In these circumstances it would be wise if the EU just kept to crisis management tasks, with NATO continuing to function as an arrangement for collective security for those EU Member States that wish to belong to such an organisation. Germany, France, Belgium and other like-minded countries could embark on a programme of close and mutual military cooperation within the framework of NATO and establish a Defence Community that would act as a strong European pillar of NATO. This arrangement would strengthen the partnership between Europe and North America, which is important to us all. Europe would have its own defence identity within the framework of NATO, but the Defence Community would cooperate closely with the United States of America. The other EU Member States, both those that belong to NATO and the neutral countries, would play a role in ensuring that the transatlantic relationship is preserved and strengthened. The creation of a Defence Community could lead to even more universal internal differentiation in the Union on the basis of the ideas that leading French and German experts and politicians have been proposing for years. The core of the Union would thus have separate institutions, as, for example, Germany’s Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, has proposed."@en1

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