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"Madam President, this report marks another step on the way to the European Union having its own armed forces. The Treaty on European Union of 1992 laid down the foundations for a common security and defence policy leading to a common defence. Common defence means only one thing: common armed forces, a European army. That goal is being steadily pursued by means of common procurement procedures, common communications systems and common command and control structures.
The British armed forces are being deliberately run down so that their resulting weaknesses can be used as an excuse for eventually merging them into a common EU army. The British army now has fewer soldiers than the German army had after the Versailles Treaty. Meanwhile, they are stretched to breaking point and expected to perform miracles. If Britain’s service men and women understand the writing on the wall, then they will vote
for the United Kingdom Independence Party."@en1
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