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"This report is completely unbalanced in favouring a prospect whereby the EU would, in future, enjoy a status at least equivalent to that of the Member States in global and regional multilateral organisations. In essence, that would mean the end of the Member States’ diplomatic freedom of action, since they would have to adjust their positions so as not to clash openly with those of a future Union representation. As a result, the national governments would be unable to adequately assert their own interests in international forums.
While we can agree that in certain areas, such as monetary policy, the EU can represent the prevalent position in the appropriate multilateral organisations, it is difficult to accept the idea that the European External Action Service might take on the role of representing a common position of the Member States on the world stage when very often, the countries of Europe have such different interests that it is impossible to achieve a common position. By voting against the report, I intend to show my opposition to its proposed future scenario in which national diplomacy would substantially be superseded by Union diplomacy, to the detriment of the Member States’ diplomatic autonomy."@en1
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