Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-11-17-Speech-4-111"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20051117.14.4-111"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"One sector alone still escapes the ultraliberal logic of Brussels: defence. Not for much longer perhaps. The European Commission in its Green Paper on defence procurement is setting about reducing trade barriers in this sector and opening it up to competition. For this purpose, the Commission has decided to attack the main legal obstacle by giving a new interpretation to Article 296 of the Treaty, which stipulates that Member States are allowed to derogate from Community rules on competition for reasons of national security.
The purpose of this manipulation is to challenge the triple imperative of security of supply, of confidentiality in matters of defence and national security and of national independence. At a time when the European arms industry is fighting for survival in the face of massive export of US military products, it is high time for the EU Member States to invest in research and in the working out of common programmes.
It is not by opening up our defence procurement a bit more that we shall make it more competitive, quite the contrary, we shall make it all the more open to US imports. Let us reestablish Community preference and quickly."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples