Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-050-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.2.3-050-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Arnaud Danjean2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Tusk, Mr Barroso, on behalf of the French delegation of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), I would like to congratulate you on your presentation of this very ambitious programme. You mentioned, with good reason, the external crises and the need to ensure the security and defence of the European Union, and were right to do so. While the Libyan crisis has, unfortunately, once again reminded us of and illustrated the difficulties the European Union faces in existing as such, in the international arena, we are pleased that the Polish Presidency has the courage to take on this debate. It should be emphatically noted that the common security and defence policy is not a secondary option, but rather it is a necessity. It is, firstly, an aim which is enshrined in the Treaty and is thus binding on the Member States and European institutions. It is also a strategic necessity; every day, with all the crises and threats all around us, we are finding that our US friends and allies cannot and do not want to do everything on our behalf. Lastly, it is an economic imperative at a time of budgetary restraint. Defence has a cost which many of our citizens consider exorbitant. To maintain our defence capabilities, as well as our industries, our expertise and our jobs, we must collectively streamline our defence budgets. The Member States must accept their responsibilities, but the European Union institutions – and I am thinking here of the High Representative and the External Action Service – should function more as a source of initiatives, and we are counting on the Polish Presidency to stimulate these initiatives."@en1
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