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Mr President, I would like to welcome very briefly the fact that this House to a large extent, I believe, supports the Commission's communication. I would like to stress that the Commission's initiative in this field relates to 1996 and 1997. At the time it failed precisely as a result of certain arguments that I have heard once again today in this House.
I would like to draw your attention, however, to the fact that the initiative taken by the Commission following the request from the European Parliament and the Council must be based on the Treaties as they exist at the moment. While it is true that we are concerned to stress the importance of an economic and industrial basis for the development of this sector at European level, it is also important to stress the responsibilities of the Commission in the field of research and, above all, that this research strategy hinges on the concept of security. It is not therefore a form of research hinging on the concept of defence. This is why the Commission is rejecting certain considerations concerning the nature of this research.
I would like to add that even when the debate involves crisis management or conflict prevention, we must not forget that the credibility and effectiveness of crisis management action within the framework of a conflict depends to a large extent on the capacity for military support allowing crises to be managed.
We do not live in an ideal world in which everybody would welcome humanitarian action just like that. No, humanitarian action, in order to be successful, requires the support of force and it is on this basis that we are in the process of creating a foreign security and defence policy. The Commission's initiative takes this precise approach, which is our approach, which is the European perspective and which is taken up by the Convention in the draft Constitution."@en1
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