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"Mr President, I supported the report since I believe that the EU security strategy has in previous years been inadequate and, in view of today’s security challenges, even obsolete.
Despite the fact that this area is governed by inadequate resolve on the part of some Member States, restricted as they are by the current crisis and small defence budgets, the Union must play an important role as security provider for Member States and their citizens. The Union must find a way to confirm its strategic independence through a strong and effective foreign, security and defence policy, making it possible to act independently, if necessary. Defence capabilities have been greatly affected by the economic crisis, but the EU security policy cannot be left to others. There must be the political will here. In order to fulfil this, the Commission and the Council must precisely define the strategic interests of the EU and set them so as not only to maintain current, existing defence alliances and links in a context of changing threats, but above all to create the prerequisites for building up our own capabilities to be able to respond to the development of threats."@en1
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