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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The implementation of the European Security Strategy in the context of the ESDP (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061115.21.3-290"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-15-Speech-3-2912
lpv:speaker	lp:Bogdan Klich2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2005-12-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-11-15)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-22--2007-03-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-09-08--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-11-15)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2007-11-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Mr Solana's 2003 strategy is an excellent document. It accurately describes the threats and challenges we face, as well as clearly describing the specifically European response which has become the calling card for a European security and defence policy. In this respect, it does not seem necessary to update this document. After all, NATO has been using the same strategic concept since April 1999. This is the only point on which I disagree with Mr Karl von Wogau’s proposal. The value of this report lies elsewhere, in the prospects it outlines for the ESDP. It is the result of a frank appraisal of the current civilian and military capabilities of the European Union, and Karl von Wogau states that ‘The European Union currently has at its disposal only a limited capability for implementing civilian and military operations’. Karl von Wogau also draws the right conclusions from this assessment. First of all, he calls for intensive cooperation between the European Union and NATO. Secondly, he calls for the Union to focus its capabilities on our immediate geographic surroundings. The rapporteur is aware of the cause of these limited capabilities, since he mentions the lack of strategic air and sea transport, interoperational telecommunications systems and intelligence capabilities, especially in relation to satellites. These comments are by no means new, as these deficiencies have been with us since at least the first Capabilities Commitment Conference in 2002. In my view, however, the report's biggest asset is to be found in the long-term perspective that Karl von Wogau outlines for the ESDP. He moves beyond the boundaries of operational targets, in other words beyond 2010 and beyond the terms of the Constitutional Treaty. This outlook involves the creation of a security and defence union. We must not lose sight of this objective. It is, and should be, the guiding light for the next steps that need to be taken to develop the ESDP."@en1

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