Brussels, 27/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - At a hearing in Brussels on 22 March at the European Parliament on European Security and Defence Policy following Cologne and Helsinki, NATO Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs, Klaus-Peter Klaiber, considered that ESDP was the "next logical step after Monetary Union", even though it may not be achieved rapidly. But this new direction by Europeans is "inevitable" and "NATO must consequently accommodate it", he said, noting that in regional...