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Some of the rapporteur’s important proposals regarding the future common foreign and security policy (CFSP) deserve my unwavering support, in particular the substantial strengthening of transatlantic relations and the need for ever-greater participation by the European Union as a whole on the world stage. I also agree with the statement that there is a need for common definitions by European Union Member States of certain questions relating to security and defence, such as threats, interests and strategic objectives.
I would distance myself, however, from the spectre of a CFSP seeking to operate under a qualified majority system, under a Super-Minister for Foreign Affairs, under a Directory, even if that spectre is masked by enhanced cooperation. I disagree with a system under which national sovereignty is disregarded and Member States’ right to independence and self-determination called into question. These and other proposals, remember, are among the range of basic options currently under discussion in the Intergovernmental Conference.
For these reasons, I abstained."@en1
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