Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-01-14-Speech-3-180"
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"en.20090114.13.3-180"2
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"The Conservative Delegation has consistently supported efforts to open markets and encourage cross-border trade between Member States of the EU. We welcome opportunities for British industry to have access to defence equipment markets that might hitherto have been closed to outside competition. However, we regret that such positive, practical aspects are secondary to the EU’s political motive to create an integrated European defence industrial base, and to strengthen the European security and defence policy, to which our opposition has been consistent.
We have particular concerns about the negative consequences of insisting that, in spite of investment by national governments and firms in defence R&D, there should then be open competition for subsequent production contracts. This will remove the ability to recoup R&D investment and offer no means of protecting intellectual property, jobs or export opportunities. We are also concerned that an inward-looking European approach will be detrimental to our very necessary and fruitful defence industrial relationships with other countries – especially the US, but also Japan, Israel and other countries.
For all these reasons the Conservative Delegation abstained on the report."@en1
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"Malcolm Harbour and Geoffrey Van Orden (PPE-DE ),"1
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