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"Mr President, recent international events have, once again, highlighted the need for a European Union which is able to take united action both in the area of its own security and when it is necessary to protect the right of all peoples to build a democratic, pluralist system which respects human and civil rights, for a Europe which is, at last, able to combine diplomacy – the diplomatic services – and the information systems of each individual state to achieve that cooperation which clearly requires there to be constant dialogue within the Council on issues of international politics if we are to be able to come to decisions which are as representative as possible of public opinion throughout the Union. It is of primary importance that we reroot the whole debate on foreign and defence policy and related decisions in the framework of the Council. It is also of primary importance that we create a single European representative for these two policies. This is an issue which has been addressed by the Convention too. Indeed, although still legitimate exercises, the meetings held by some of the states outside the Council are not European Union initiatives. Clearly, therefore, we support a European security and defence policy which, through a military instrument, not least, as proposed by General Morillon, can preserve peace and guarantee democracy. This European military corps will be in addition to the national armies of each Member State. It too will further boost the development of European citizenship, citizenship which is derived from the pride felt by each citizen at belonging to both their country and the Union: a free, independent Union which is the author of a project of peace and mutual respect with regard to the rest of the world. This project cannot just be based on the production of documents, on declarations of good intentions or on the establishment of trade relations: it must provide forces equal to the task of combating terrorism in order to protect our values, our vision of the world and our institutions of freedom."@en1
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