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"en.20111214.22.3-266-000"2
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"The economic crisis has forced all Member States to reduce their expenditure, and defence has been one of the first areas to be hit. A certain amount of coordination is clearly required at EU level in terms of budget reductions in this area to show the extent of EU military capabilities. On the other hand, the economic crisis is also a good teacher. All European states have learnt fairly important lessons from it. One of these could be that better defence coordination is required at European Union level.
Defence and security are key areas of strategic importance. We can devise common strategies for specific problems relating to the defence industry. We would like to see more cooperation between the EU and NATO, between which we hope to see standardisation and interoperability. I believe that the European Defence Agency should play a more important role in this. I hope that a single European defence market will be established. I am slightly disappointed by the outcome of the last meeting of the Council of Ministers for Defence on 30 November. It did not support the creation of a European general headquarters allowing Europe to act rapidly in cases like the Libyan crisis."@en1
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