Brussels, 27/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission on Tuesday adopted Philippe Morillon's report (UDF, France) on the new European architecture of security and defence (33 in favour, 15 against, no abstentions), which aims to strengthen the EU's military capabilities and make it a "credible player on the world stage".
The MEPs welcomed the EU's intention to have a 5000-strong force by 2004, on permanent alert for humanitarian and rescue operations,...