Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-09-Speech-3-273"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security and defence – priorities and deficiencies2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.5.3-273"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-09-Speech-3-2742
lpv:speaker	lp:Per-Arne Arvidsson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 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 (2002-10-24--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-10-23--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Moderata samlingspartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, no one has to convince us Swedish Democrats of the need for a common foreign and security policy. If the EU wishes to have influence, the EU Member States must cooperate. The common policy is particularly important for small countries within the EU. Unfortunately, the common foreign and security policy has been in ruins in recent months. Hopefully, it will be possible to unite the EU in devising the common policy now that the people in the centre of Baghdad are rejoicing at Saddam Hussein’s fall and also trying to bring his giant statue crashing to the ground. Some hours ago, the vast majority of us voted in favour of a major enlargement of the EU. This was probably the most important political decision most us have ever been involved in making. Many of the new EU Member States have given high priority to NATO membership as a solution to their security requirements. Following the period of the Cold War, NATO has been developed into a pan-European security organisation. That is a fact of which we must take account in developing the common security policy for the EU. The EU’s common security policy must not be opposed to NATO’s. On the contrary, cooperation needs to be deepened. It is my hope that my own country too will choose the same security solution as, for example, our Baltic neighbours, that is to say membership of NATO. I do not believe that the purpose of the EU’s security policy should, in the first place, be to develop strong, joint military power. The EU’s military resources must be seen as complementing efforts to promote peace and to protect people in war-torn areas and as complementing joint efforts to combat terrorism and to respond urgently to disasters. Cooperation with the global community must of course be central in this connection."@en1

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