Brussels, 26/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The second European parliamentary symposium on defence organised on 25 November at the seat of the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) in Brussels placed emphasis on the need to make the European Union, the inevitable economic player on the global scene, a valid discussion partner on defence and security matters faced with the power of the United States. Many of those taking the floor felt that the Council's decision of 17 November to create a European...