Brussels, 01/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - "I am aware that the whole area of security and defence, sensitive as it is, has led to some concerns by members of this parliament. I can only encourage you to go back to the origins of this whole exercise - the so-called "Petersberg" tasks. Their scope is clear (…) also a means of ensuring that the values and principles on which the Union is based are not private property. We will be in a stronger position to support democracy and the rule of law,...