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"Mr President, today we are discussing Mr Galeote Quecedo’s excellent report, on which there is a broad consensus. Clearly, if we are to support the Union’s international activities, we need suitable mechanisms, knowledge and skills. Equally clearly, these alone are not enough. We also need policies. In this sense, Mr Galeote Quecedo’s report remains within the limits of procedural rationalisation; it also remains within the framework of certain policies. We often ask the question: which came first, the chicken or the egg? Something of the sort hangs over today’s debate. But we must be clear that there are no vacuums in life. In this sense, moaning and groaning solves nothing in politics.
Having said which, the framework to which the Galeote Quecedo report belongs will always dictate the conditions both for rationalising procedures and for the prospects of common diplomacy. In this sense, it moves within the bounds of technocratic rationalisation and goes no further than policy will allow. However we, the citizens of Europe, who are striving for a better future for the people of Europe and of the world as a whole, have to realise that we need to intervene in these matters transcendently. We need to move forward, we need to be guided by the logic of a positive dynamic balance, not a static balance which goes nowhere. In this sense, there have indeed been huge vacuums in the CFSP and we have all acknowledged the fact and seen what is needed in order to put flesh on the bones of this policy, which is instrumental to the political development of Europe.
In this sense, the report translates the initiative of the European Parliament into a framework, into prospects, action and rationalisation. In any event, if there is anyone here in this House – and I do not think that there is – who believes that Europe has no future, they can express it somewhat differently. But I believe that the people of Europe and the large majority of parties and factions see Europe as a Europe with prospects, a Europe of peace, a Europe of cooperation, a Europe of social cohesion, a Europe of development. And this sort of Europe cannot function if it has no prospect of a common foreign policy and defence and security policy, i.e. if it does not have the corresponding mechanisms.
Under these circumstances, the tiny foundation stone of this structure which the European Parliament is laying today represents a serious starting point and I think that it has created new momentum and better prospects."@en1
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