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"Mr President, one of the key issues etched on our collective European memory is the unscrupulous involvement of the defence industries in triggering the world wars of the 20th century. I have in mind the shameful votes taken in various European parliaments to grant loans for armaments in the run up to World War I.
In view of the current world situation, it is incumbent upon the European Union to devise a harmonised European policy on arms exports as a matter of urgency. Such a policy will strengthen and deepen the European Union’s common foreign and security policy. The Union cannot condone a situation whereby in certain parts of the world, the export of weapons produced in Europe can contribute to the violation of human rights, to fuelling conflicts, and to the misuse of funds intended to promote sustainable development.
I should also like to emphasise the need to broaden the scope of European Union legislation on the control of arms exports so that it covers private security companies. Legislation of this nature has already been introduced in the United States."@en1
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