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"Mr President, there are three important reports we are debating in this Chamber this evening. As shadow rapporteur for the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in connection with the report on weapons of mass destruction, I think that the report is sound, robust and well-balanced. It is a very comprehensive report, but the subject too is, of course, very important. The rapporteur has done a sterling job.
In the period in which we live, in which the threat comes not from the Cold War but from rogue states and terrorist organisations, it is crucial that monitoring should take place of who possesses these weapons and crucial that the latter should not fall into the wrong hands. We neither can nor should get rid of our nuclear weapons, which form a part of NATO’s defence strategy and which are one of the reasons why the Cold War remained cold. We must, however, constantly work to ensure that countries that must not have nuclear weapons give up developing them. Obviously, I am thinking particularly, in this case, of Iran and of the problems in relation to North Korea. We must also work to ensure that countries that possess nuclear weapons illegally, that is to say Pakistan, India and Israel, sign up to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Means must be linked to ends. If the EU’s strategy for the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is to continue to have some clout, it will be necessary to give priority to the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and, especially, to give high priority to this particular area in the future too.
I should like, finally, to say how very pleased I was with Mr Romeva’s report. Specifically, I am delighted that Parliament is united in recommending that the arms embargo against China not be lifted. Let us each individually work to ensure that this also remains the attitude of our respective countries’ governments."@en1
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