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"Mr President, many issues have been raised in the course of this debate on the European Union’s common foreign and security policy. As I see it, three types of security are required if all Europeans are to feel genuinely safe.
I shall begin with energy security. The whole Union is much troubled by the subject, as are individual Member States such as Poland. There seems to be no desire to take common action in this field. Germany enhanced the security of its own energy supply by signing an agreement with Russia for the construction of the northern gas pipeline. Unfortunately, Germany’s action did much to undermine the security of Poland’s energy supply. The Union has so far failed to respond to this situation, although it is abundantly obvious that Russia is using the supply of raw materials for energy as an important tool with which to influence other countries’ policies. Russia’s decision to shut off gas supplies to Ukraine and Georgia has shown just how effective this tool can be.
I shall now move on to food security. The security of our food supply is based on the common agricultural policy but unfortunately this policy is coming increasingly under attack. Finally, I would like to mention physical security, which is now under much greater threat due to terrorism. There can be no meaningful common foreign and security policy without significant progress in the three areas I have highlighted. I trust Mr Solana and Mrs Ferrero-Waldner will bear my remarks in mind."@en1
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