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"The oft-used phrase ‘an economic giant but a political dwarf’ takes on new meaning when we analyse the EU’s presence in international organisations and in other regional organisations of which it is part. We urgently need to change this situation. I therefore believe this own-initiative report to be timely, and I support it in general. This report examines the role of the EU as a global player in international bodies. In this respect, like the rapporteur, I believe that there is still a long way to go on the path to credible, consistent and visible EU external action, as there is no European strategy for every organisation of which the Member States or the EU are part. The increasing complexity that characterises the international system makes it necessary to objectively coordinate the relationships between the Member States, and between the Member States and the EU on the various stages where we interact. That is why we adopted the Treaty of Lisbon. Moreover, there is already an example of good practice: our presence in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). There is, therefore, an urgent need for the EU to be represented with a single voice in the various international bodies. I think that drawing up a White Paper on this subject, as is proposed in the report, could be a good ‘beginning of the end’ for this bizarre situation."@en1
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