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"Mr President, in my speech I would like to touch upon the issue of the budget allocated for the requirements of the common foreign and security policy. A couple of decades ago there were already predictions that the twenty-first century would be a time of increased risks and threats. Against this background the European Union’s wish to promote stability not only in Europe, but also to achieve greater influence more generally in world security processes is very important. This is confirmed by the European Union’s declared wish and growing ability to be able to participate in conflict prevention and crisis management activities – and of course the challenges are not decreasing.
It is anticipated that in the near future the number of civil crisis management operations will double. Specialists are discussing possible operations in Iraq, Sudan and the Congo. Maintaining a stable situation in the European Union’s neighbouring countries is no less important. It is worth mentioning Georgia and the operations in the countries of the Balkan region. Let us not forget that threats of terrorism inside the European Union are a real possibility. Measures to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction are still important. Europe’s institutional capacities in the sphere of crisis management need to be developed.
Therefore, it is very clear that the trend of the activities of the European Union’s common foreign and security policy is inevitably upwards. Seeing the amount of resources allocated for these measures in the budget for 2005, however, gives cause for concern about the discrepancy between Europe’s political ambitions and the financial resources available to fulfil these ambitions. The insufficiency of resources needed to successfully achieve Europe’s security strategy is often discussed amongst specialists in the institution within the relevant fields. Certainly, one should welcome the fact that at second reading the European Parliament has allotted 10 million more for
needs than at first reading. However, even then it is not possible to understand the tactical reasons which led Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee to allocate EUR 10 million less at first reading for the needs of coordinating these important goals. Unfortunately, in order to prevent this erroneous approach by the European Parliament, it was necessary to put the conciliation procedure into effect."@en1
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