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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful that the report emphasises the importance of equilibrium and democratic government in our neighbouring regions. I would add that it is only the creation of civil society that will form a basis for democracy and security. Stability is brought about through the division of state and justice, and that is why it is difficult. It is obviously right and proper to underline the importance of the UN’s role in international conflicts. High-tech states can attack anywhere – and that has even happened and in even quite a rash way too. This way they themselves – or we ourselves – can create crises instead of providing solutions.
The notion of a closed defence core is strange, puzzling and even frightening. What special form of insecurity has come about in those countries whose neighbours are other EU states? In my own country we have not been aware of any security deficit, even though we have a border with Russia more than 1 000 kilometres long and the Russians across that border outnumber the Finns 30 to one. Obviously, defence cooperation must be open to all who want it, just as economic and monetary union has been. The way we approach international problems has to be in the form of civil crisis management."@en1
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