Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-19-Speech-4-307"
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"Here we have a European Parliament report and resolution which, despite containing certain mystifying elements, are essential reading.
It is a text which makes explicit – if any doubt existed – one of the objectives and central themes of the EU and its proposed Treaty of Lisbon: the militarisation of the EU and its consolidation as a political and military bloc, within the framework of NATO; that is, in partnership (coordination and rivalry) with the US.
As it is impossible to comment, in this short explanation of vote, on the whole content of this report and resolution, I would stress that these consider that the time has come for the major capitalist powers of the EU to assert themselves. As a result, they look ‘forward to the opportunities afforded by NATO’s forthcoming 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg and Kehl for the rejuvenation of the Alliance and the strengthening of its relations with the European Union’, to which the recent Munich Security Conference was the prologue.
In this context they strongly welcome ‘the French initiative of a formal return to the military structures of NATO, and the efforts by the French Presidency within the EU Council to bring the EU and NATO further together in response to the new security challenges’.
Here is a report and resolution in step with the imperialist ambitions of the EU’s major powers."@en1
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