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Assembly raises problem of mutual assistance clause in EU Treaty and calls for more active contribution of national parliaments to ensure parliamentary control of ESDP

Paris, 19/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - At its session in Paris this week, the Western European Union Assembly - Interim European Assembly for Security and Defence, chaired by Klaus Buhler, called on the EU Council of Ministers to draw up "options" to "overcome the persistent difficulties raised by the inclusion of a mutual assistance clause in the Treaty of the European Union". By adopting the Michael Liapis Report, the Assembly places emphasis on the "ideal" of a "genuine European defence,...