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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Main aspects and basic choices of CFSP2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031022.5.3-123"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-22-Speech-3-1242
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I agree with the report’s analysis of the situation following the Iraq war, but not with all the conclusions. It is true that new threats and security risks must be combated, above all, by means of political strategies with a view to fighting poverty, protecting human rights and promoting democracy. That, in turn, requires efforts to discover conflicts in time and resolve them by political, diplomatic and economic means. The EU has these means available to it, and they – and not the military resources – should be increased. I do not, however, share the view that the credibility of the EU’s foreign and security policy is dependent upon the EU’s military resources. Nor do I support increased cooperation within defence policy, which I believe should be subject to decisions on a unanimous basis. Nor am I able to support the proposal that common military operations must be funded via the Community budget and that the EU should, in the long term, acquire its own defence budget. Nor can I support the idea of a common military defence of European territory. Peace-making operations, as discussed in paragraph 34, are measures in accordance with Article 7 of the UN Charter, that is to say direct military measures, and may only be taken following decisions by the UN Security Council. It is the EU’s task to prevent wars, not to make plans for conducting wars. Military defence is, and should be, a national issue. That is especially important for Sweden and other neutral countries."@en1

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