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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8129
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/esdp

Spain hopes to institutionalise Councils of Defence Ministers, launch debate on including terrorism among aims of ESDP, and move towards creation of Rapid Reaction Force

Brussels, 15/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - In the chapter of its programme devoted to European Security and Defence Policy, the Spanish EU Council Presidency above all states that, after 11 September, "it is still more important that the ESDP should be operational as soon as possible" and that, in particular, this crisis has shown the need to develop cooperation in the field of intelligence. The Presidency therefore intends to improve "coordination between the different intelligence services of...

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