Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-26-Speech-3-038"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-01-26"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050126.6.3-038"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Elmar Brok2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 chair; AFET (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-01-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by observing that this House voted in favour of the Constitution, with more than 500 Members voting to endorse it. We are therefore entitled to defend the Constitution to the public, and we are glad that the Commission is joining us in doing so. The second comment I would like to make has to do with the Foreign and Security Policy. I think the Commission has put forward a lot of good proposals and that it has the right idea – using the European Union’s economic strength to give it a voice in foreign policy and also drawing on the latest developments, in particular the Constitution. I would say to Mr Schulz that I think it is quite clear that prevention has to have priority, but prevention is ineffective without military capacities, which are the only means whereby pressure may be brought to bear. Both are necessary, but the use of armed force can only ever be the means of last resort. We in the European Union also have to take care not to do this unilaterally, but as part of a multilateral framework. What this means is that we have to develop our trans-Atlantic relationships. I wish the Presidents of the Council and the Commission all the best for 22 February, when President Bush comes here and we start to make progress in this area. There is another point I would like to address in the short time available to me. Tomorrow, President Yushchenko will be with us, and I think it has become clear to us over recent days – not least through debates in this House – that we cannot, right now, keep on enlarging the European Union for that would make it incapable of welcoming new members. We also see, though, that the action programmes under the neighbourhood policy for Eastern Europe are inadequate. I would ask that we should think up some new ideas in this area, including multilateral frameworks, which might draw on such ideas as the European Economic Area. I see this as the only way in which we can reduce pressure and build up prospects, both of which are crucial at this present time, and I hope that this can be done. My last word must be to the President of the Commission, whom I urge to resist any attempts by the Council to structure the European External Action Service in such a way that it is not dependent on the Commission. We want a community Europe and not a new intergovernmental authority. Parliament is on your side."@en1
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