Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-05-22-Speech-2-386"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, I should like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Brok, and the draftsman of the opinion, Mr Samaras, for their comments on the weaknesses and shortcomings of the CFSP and for their proposals for more action, better funding and better use of our capabilities, so that we can play an international role and address the problems.
It is time, however, for us to ask once again: is all this enough? Will we get the anticipated results every time? It is a question being put to us by the citizens of the European Union and citizens in other areas of the world, mainly in areas where we are present but not effective enough.
I should like to refer to the Middle East, as referred to in the Brok report, which has been experiencing a particularly abnormal situation over recent days. This situation is indeed a huge challenge for us. We offer coordinated and permanent humanitarian and development aid. We maintain peacekeeping forces, such as in Lebanon, and police forces, such as in Rafa, and we are waiting for the problems to resolve themselves or to be resolved by others or to go down roads dictated by others.
We recognise that the heart of the problem is the Palestinian problem and yet we rely on temporary solutions and do not take fate into our own hands in order to arrive at radical solutions which will also be viable.
It is time for us to see that there is a need for a more independent and autonomous European strategy, which will see things more clearly and call them by their name. That is the only way for us to be effective.
Commissioner, I recognise your efforts and I see they are alive and effective wherever I am in this area and elsewhere, but I believe that, before the Constitutional Treaty, which will give us a more cohesive and responsible framework, we can make sure there is better cooperation with the Council. Parliament can contribute to this more political and deeper approach to the issues and lay down a strategy."@en1
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