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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Defence / armaments2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020409.7.2-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-09-Speech-2-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Pedro Marset Campos2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I thank Mr Trillo and the Commissioners for their valuable contributions, which have been very illuminating. I believe that, when building Europe as a hopeful and exciting project, it is essential to recognise the need for a security and defence dimension. However, there are three aspects which I do not agree with and which may be crucial: Firstly, I believe we should move towards a concept of defence based on shared security: for example, it is true that we have to respond to terrorism, but a military response is not sufficient unless it is based on law – in this case, international law – and on the elimination of the causes of barbaric acts such as the events of 11 September. It is therefore essential that the concept of shared security is a fundamental element in this proposal. Secondly, I believe it is a mistake to focus our attention on treating NATO as an umbrella to protect us, and also on the special cooperation with the United States. I believe that that approach hinders and slows down our ability to develop the autonomous, independent and effective security and defence policy that Europe needs. There is a third aspect: the role to be played, now and in the future, by the European Union in terms of defence and security, which should be the promotion of peace, the promotion of different relations in the world, and therefore the consideration of the United Nations and international law as the only references for the actions of the European Union. In fact, this aspect has either been ignored or not taken sufficiently into account by the President-in-Office of the Council and I believe that it should be taken up, since I believe it would be a mistake for us not to base our actions on international law and legality. This is precisely one of the most necessary aspects at the current time in order to introduce sanity, rationality and a notion of solidarity into the situation in the Middle East. In this respect, in view of the instruments we would need, the concept of the OSCE should be recovered in order to guarantee security in Europe and we should focus all our attention on what Commissioner Patten and other speakers have mentioned: the need to remove the current budgetary ceiling, because it is impossible to make sufficient progress in relation to the defence industry and coordination and cooperation with the miserly budgets laid down by the Union. Finally, I would like to mention the importance of parliamentary democratic control, both by the European Parliament and by the various national parliaments."@en1

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