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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8069

13 October 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
During informal Defence Council, EU states willingness to fill gap left by US redeployment - Solana urges for strengthened European intelligence

Brussels, 12/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The current crisis has confirmed the need to accelerate the setting in place of a European Common Security and Defence Policy, noted Belgian Defence Minister André Flahaut after the informal meeting of European defence ministers, on Friday in Brussels. "We must be ready to take on our responsibilities if American redeployment were to create a security vacuum in the Balkans", he said, when asked about the United States' request to Europeans to be ready...

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