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The Thessaloniki Council launched an exercise in reflection on the Union’s security strategy on the basis of a report by the High Representative entitled ‘A Secure Europe in a Better World’, which seeks, in a highly interesting way, to take into account certain recent developments.
In particular, this document reveals the new threats: terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, rogue states or states that are failing, and organised crime. It demonstrates that, because of increased interdependence, destabilisations that are far away in geographical terms may nonetheless have dangerous repercussions for us, whether direct or indirect. Finally, it emphasises that often ‘pre-emptive engagement’ (which is not necessarily military) ‘can avoid more serious problems in the future’.
These considerations could provide a good basis for justifying, after the event, the intervention in Iraq, which provoked the anger of the Chairman of the Communist Group. Yet I, for my part, applaud this attempt at lucidity.
On the other hand, I think that the High Representative’s report underestimates the future threat posed by increasing and uncontrolled migratory flows. Moreover, this text appears to be somewhat unrealistic about the possibilities, in Europe, of a unified foreign policy without a substantial reduction in democracy."@en1
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