Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-06-14-Speech-3-084"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security and defence2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000614.4.3-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-06-14-Speech-3-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Giorgos Katiforis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; PECH (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, honourable members, for reasons of security in Europe and in order to safeguard the security of others outside the Union who may need our support, Europe requires an independent military presence which differs from the presence which it has by reason of its membership of NATO. Events in Kosovo and the whole tragic break up of the former Yugoslavia are proof most painful of Europe’s failings within NATO. One might even say that Europe has entrusted the task of a military presence to the NATO leadership and, at the same time, relaxed its efforts over the years, to the point at which it is now more or less incapable of properly honouring its obligations within NATO. There is a psychological explanation for this. If someone, be it a person, a country or a group of countries, considers that it has no initiative to act, it loses interest, neglects its duties or goes through the motions of performing its duties, but there is no substance to them and they are performed perfunctorily. Perhaps the most important outcome of the resolutions of the Cologne, Helsinki and Lisbon summits is precisely the fact that they have restored Europe’s sense of initiative, giving it the motivation needed in order to accept responsibility, make an effort and honour its obligations. From this point of view, the draft which we are debating does not constitute a threat to the cohesion of ΝΑΤΟ. On the contrary, a Europe with its own military initiative will take its NATO obligations more seriously. It is the only way in which it can take its NATO obligations seriously and reassure the political forces in the United States which object to American armed forces and American resources being tied up in the defence of Europe. Consequently, Mr President, we must ensure that our immediate decisions are geared towards European unity and the defence of a common border and, sooner or later, that is the point we must reach."@en1

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