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"Madam President, given that foreign and security policy is such a broad subject, I shall focus on three basic ideas. Firstly, the EU’s external action should be ambitious. I want the European Union to be a major player in a global, complex, increasingly multipolar world, and it is also possible that we shall soon see something of a withdrawal in the external action of the United States. Secondly, size counts in foreign policy; as Europeans, we are stronger together than apart, and this ambitious perspective for Europe is reflected in Mr Brok’s solid report, which we shall adopt tomorrow. Thirdly, the Treaty of Lisbon provided new tools for this policy. I am referring to the position you hold, Baroness Ashton, as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the Commission. As you also chair the Foreign Affairs Council, it will now be easier to achieve unity, continuity and consistency in the Union’s foreign policy. In addition, you have a new instrument, the European External Action Service, into which diplomats from Member States have been incorporated, who will use their experience in foreign policy to enrich a vision that is more focused on issues related to economics, trade and cooperation by officials from the Commission. Finally, a true EU foreign policy not only takes time but also needs two basic conditions to be met: the new bodies of the Treaty of Lisbon should be ambitious, working with the purpose of leading the 27 Member States, not just accompanying them or finding lowest common denominators; secondly, the Member States should be aware of the need to work together on foreign policy, acting in a spirit of compromise and taking a constructive approach."@en1
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