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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8455

6 May 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/esdp
Spanish contribution to Convention's work on defence supports idea of structured cooperation between some Member States

Brussels, 05/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - In the contribution on European defence policy presented to the European Convention last week by Ana de Palacio, Spanish Foreign Minister, who represented the Spanish government at the Convention, Spain considers that the "EU should now focus on improving its own capacity for autonomous crisis management action, where NATO as such is not involved, as well as its ability to face the new security challenges". This is a "common challenge, a non exclusive...

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