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"Mr President, I am first going to thank all the Members who have spoken in the debate for the support they have given to Mr Brok, Mr Gualtieri and I, and which has enabled us to achieve a result from these negotiations.
I simply wish to say that I do not understand how certain individuals can argue that nation states should have sole competence in foreign policy matters. Good grief! What century are they living in? As if terrorism stopped at the borders of Member States, of nations! The same goes for climate change: how can climate change issues be addressed if only nation states, and not Europe, can discuss them? And the same goes for migration and migratory flows.
I sometimes have the impression that quite a few Members who are somewhat sceptical about this service are still living in the 19th century, when nation states decided everything: the balance of power between nations in Europe. We are now living in a different world, Mr President, a multipolar world in which Europe must have its say or else these issues will not be discussed.
There is a second aspect which surprises me somewhat. I hear people say that this is going to cost the taxpayer money. Quite the contrary, Mr President; this External Action Service is going to save money, because it will provide several EU Member States with the opportunity to reduce their consular services in many countries across the globe. It is therefore a means of saving money.
Then, thirdly, I think that this is a new beginning. The External Action Service is the diplomatic service we need to implement EU external policy. I have always believed that we need to have a diplomatic service before we can have an EU external policy. With 27 different voices, we will get nowhere without this service.
We also know that the next stage will be to carry out more work on European defence. Indeed, something would be missing if we had a European diplomatic service but no European defence service. Therefore, Baroness Ashton, we already know what the next task is for the EU institutions. We must ensure that we have a real European defence service in the future."@en1
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