Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-05-11-Speech-3-439-000"
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"Defence policy is one of the areas most jealously guarded by the Member States. The impression one gets from this report, or indeed from others on the same subject or on foreign policy, is that the intention is to push the European Union into ensuring that it gradually gains the upper hand over the Member States in drawing up foreign and defence policy. Apart from the objections that can be made to this approach on principle, I cannot understand how anyone can think that the EU can ever speak with one voice on such sensitive subjects, in which the interests of the individual Member States are very often different, if not quite openly conflicting. One need only look at what has happened in the case of Libya and humanitarian intervention.
It is virtually impossible for the Member States to reach agreement and put forward a single, agreed position on events of this magnitude. Even if it did happen, it would necessarily be at the cost of governments’ decision-making freedom and of what national politicians regard as priorities. I voted against the report."@en1
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