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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common foreign and security policy (CFSP)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011024.8.3-183"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-24-Speech-3-1842
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-07-20--2002-03-06)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Haarder could not make it to this session, and so on behalf of the Liberal Group I would like to thank Mr Brok for a well-drafted report, and to congratulate him on this. The report is a good one, but it still fails to take the full measure of the profound change which has taken place in international politics following 11 September. We are still unable to grasp the full ramifications of this change; but we know that it is a very profound one. The representatives from the United States have stated that a second Cold War has begun, and some have even talked of a third World War. Here, in Europe, we have been wary of excessive dramatisation and have avoided using the word ‘war’. My personal view, however, is that, in time, history books will come to refer to this period as the Third World War. We must very carefully analyse what has happened and what is currently happening, and very prudently come to grips with those problems which are now facing us. We need a broad global perspective and grasp; we need something which, in English, can be called 'global governance' Finally, there is the matter which I intended to mention in my own intervention. The progress achieved in the common foreign and security policy during the last few years has been based on the Treaty of Amsterdam. Rapid advances have been made, particularly in crisis management. In the Treaty of Amsterdam we also took as our joint task the safeguarding of the Union's integrity and the maintenance of peace on its external frontiers. Up to now, no definite content has been given to these new treaty obligations. In the initial phase at any rate, the main question is probably this: how are the different geographical positions of the various Member States to be taken into account in sharing the burden and dividing the work among them? From the point of view of the Union as a whole it may make sense for those Member States situated on its common external frontiers to direct their resources to the control and defence of these borders, and for them to take part in crisis management in a way which is in harmony with this primary task. I hope that debate will be initiated within the Commission and the Council on the practical implications of the provisions of the Treaty concerning the integrity of the Union and the safeguarding of its frontiers."@en1

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