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"Mr President, the USA unilaterally withdrew from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty. This happened after their own national intelligence service stated that no missile threat from any ‘rogue state’ even exists, at least not for the next ten years. According to the American press, the Republicans in Congress pressured the intelligence organs to change their stance and to create a baseless threat scenario. A powerful missile shield is now being created in response to this figment of the imagination.
Ultimately, nobody is safe from injustice and from the terrorism which draws strength from this. September's treacherous terror assaults show us where the true threats to security lie. A missile shield will militarise space, since antiballistic missiles operate in space. The result of this will be a renewed arms race, but in response to the USA's example we too are making a small decision on principle here: in our opinion Galileo may be used for military purposes in peacekeeping operations.
The people of this world need common security and justice which applies to everyone. This must be the main goal of the Union. The hunt for terrorists will never end if we fail to remove the causes of uprisings and civil rights struggles. The demilitarisation of space, which was achieved with so much trouble during the Cold War, is ending without any rational reason. There will always be those who are ready to carry out absurd acts. Is it the case that when the absurd act does not concern individual structures, but the entire world, it becomes more acceptable? When we worry just about our own security, we are sowing the seeds of war."@en1
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