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"Madam President, the CFSP and CSDP have received a bad press in my country, the UK, where it is wrongly suggested that it will inevitably lead to an EU standing army aimed at undermining NATO; Mr Carver is completely wrong on this. I take a more nuanced approach and I have always seen a complementary role for cooperation in foreign policy and defence at EU level.
It was with this in mind that delivered CFSP’s origins after all, in so-called political cooperation in the 1986 European Single Act, as agreed by the then-UK Prime Minister, one Mrs Thatcher. For instance, EUNAVFOR ATALANTA’s success has proved that there is a defence role for the EU that combines soft and hard power, without undermining NATO, Mr Carver, whilst the sanctions regime employed against Iran has illustrated that a CFSP common position can leverage our individual Member States’ positions.
As Britain sadly leaves the European Union, I believe that foreign security policy will be one of the key areas that we must remain plugged into. In possession of one of the world’s most effective armed forces, being one of the P5 on the Security Council and a nuclear power, the UK has a lot to offer the EU, particularly as our shared interests will remain the same post-Brexit.
As a member of NATO, the Berlin Plus Agreement will allow Britain to easily contribute to any future CFDP missions and I hope that during the Brexit negotiations, the EU 27 will see sense in finding a more formalised structured CFSP role for Britain, given its close links to the continent and the ongoing common security interests. The UK, for instance, could bring more to the table by way of military assets in exchange, during the negotiations, for concessions elsewhere, such as better access to the Single Market."@en1
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