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"Mr President, it is to be welcomed that the European Union’s leaders have devoted so much time in recent weeks and days to what is happening in Libya and other countries in North Africa. I am sure this action will enable us to prevent a civilian massacre and I am sure, too, that the Libyans will overthrow the tyrant themselves.
However, it cannot be denied that we also have to talk about internal challenges – challenges concerning the way the European Union and its institutions operate; challenges for internal function, common foreign policy and common security and defence policy. The difference of opinion which has appeared between some of the European Union’s Member States shows how far we are from that objective for it to be a truly common policy, one which is in keeping with the spirit of the Treaty of Lisbon.
It is also a challenge for the entire international community. It is good that we are working with the United States and other members of NATO, it is good that we are in dialogue with the Arab League and the African Union, and it is good that we are in dialogue with Israel. I think Mr Pöttering stressed something which is very important, that what is happening today in North Africa, what is happening in Libya and Egypt, may have very serious consequences, and that these consequences may also affect the future of the peace process. We should remember this advice and be careful to heed it.
We should also think about the future of these countries and the promotion of democracy and human rights, and not just work as a firefighter putting out fires, and we should also think of other countries around Europe where such processes – sinister processes – can occur."@en1
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