Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-29-Speech-1-024"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040329.5.1-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-29-Speech-1-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, today marks the official enlargement of NATO from 19 to 26 members as the three Baltic Republics join Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria – in effect all the current EU accession countries except Malta and Cyprus. Last week I was in Austria, where there is considerable political pressure for it too to abandon its cherished neutrality and join NATO. It is essential we support the ongoing stability of NATO, which is active in the fight against international terrorism, as evidenced by its out-of-area action in theatres as far away as Afghanistan. We must not let the ESDP undermine our alliance with the United States – the only military power spending serious money on defence – whilst all of the EU is cutting expenditure. We must also avoid duplication of effort with the separate planning and command and control structures of the ESDP. Lastly, we must reassure our Russian neighbours that NATO enlargement – particularly to the Baltics – is no threat to their security, and the rapid ratification by these states of the CFE Treaty would go a long way to calming Russian fears."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2003-09-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-13--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine and the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Belarus (2002-10-21--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Tannock (PPE-DE )."1

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