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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Defence / armaments2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020409.7.2-162"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-09-Speech-2-1632
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Lalumière2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2002-07-28)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Parti radical de gauche (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioners, first of all, Minister, I would like to say how pleased I am that you could be here. It is now customary, with each presidency, for the Defence Minister to attend a parliamentary sitting. This marks real progress. I would also like to congratulate you on your effort to apply your slogan ‘ to the ESDP. In this respect, I would reiterate that the ESDP is very popular, since, according to the Eurobarometer surveys, more than 70% of European public opinion is demanding a European security and defence policy, on the condition that it is credible. I would also like to congratulate you on being ready to work on developing a Mediterranean dimension of the ESDP. Along with these positive points, I would like to ask you two questions, the first of which is what is the Spanish Presidency doing to speed up the negotiations between the European Union and NATO, in order to overcome the resistance of some countries? You touched on this point, Minister. Could you elaborate on exactly what you have achieved so far? Equally, have you given any thought so far as to the future of NATO or as to what the effect of changes within NATO might be for our European security and defence policy, given the positions adopted recently by our American counterparts, the calls made by Russia and events since 11 September? I should like to put my second question to both the Minister and the Commissioner. It relates to the consequences of 11 September, which concern both the civilian resources of the Commission and the military resources which are the Council’s responsibility. Minister, you mentioned the fight against terrorism, but you did not tackle the question whether our ESDP, as defined since Cologne and Helsinki, is adapted to this new fight. Can we count on our ESDP, not only to fulfil the Petersberg tasks, but also to combat terrorism? Should we not rethink our system, or at least certain aspects of our system and, if so, which ones? Is the Spanish Presidency prepared to consider this once more? It seems to me that this needs to be done."@en1

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