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"Mr President, the presence here of the European Union's two representatives for foreign policy, for whom I have a great deal of respect, is the result of the current operating requirements of the Union, not a peculiar sort of Dioscuri syndrome. This confirms that the choice to create an EU 'minister for foreign affairs' is the right choice, but I hope that he will not function later on like Janus who, according to mythology, changed his face to suit the circumstances.
During the last decade, we have increasingly noticed the difference between the European Union and the USA on important issues. The International Court for crimes against humanity, the Middle East crisis, the crisis in Iraq, the general perception about preventive war and so on. In practice, this gives rise to the need for the European Union to define its own independent strategy so that, on the basis of this independence, it can redefine its relations with America and correct its mistakes. This redefinition is a
because the axis of the Union's strategy must again rest on its relations with the USA. Good accounts make good friends.
What, however, should this strategy rest on? On certain positions in principle and an equal footing. And an equal footing, in this particular case, means parity. What does parity mean? That you have your own opinion, but you also have your own capabilities so that, if necessary, you can formulate your opinion as a policy, negotiate it and obtain results.
We are in a new era. So-called one-sided threats are completing older procedures and crisis conditions and thus the European Union is obliged
to play a new international role. And personality on strategy issues is precisely what the new international role calls for. This personality cannot result from minor moves. It must be the result of an international analysis, an international definition of its personality and its principles. I believe that we shall do well and that Mr Solana's proposals will be the first step towards the Union's subsequently acquiring independence in its relations with all the powers of the world."@en1
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