Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-14-Speech-3-164-000"
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"Mr President, the report on the impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector rightly notes the trend of cuts in the defence budgets of the majority of EU Member States. It also alludes to the possible negative impact that these measures may have on their military capabilities.
However, I believe that the report itself makes the wrong proposals to address this issue, which is why I have voted against the report. It suggests that the strategic autonomy of the EU should be enhanced by acquiring more synergy in defence planning measures, such as through better coordination of defence planning – a laudable objective but one which would require harmonisation of military requirements and significant measures to increase interoperability.
It continues by proposing other measures to pool and share certain capabilities and support structures through EU institutions, which I am fundamentally opposed to. Member States’ defence policies can, of course, be more coordinated if they so choose, but this should be through choice by national parliaments and not be an EU competence."@en1
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