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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8594

28 November 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) european defence/nato/united states
Lord Robertson warns EU against trying to rival NATO or United States

Brussels, 27/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - "ESDP is a strategic imperative and I have done my share to make it a reality. When I was Defence Secretary, my ministry started what became the St Malo initiative. But we all must be realistic about ESDP. It cannot work as an alternative to NATO, or a counterweight to the United States. An EU that rivals the US is militarily impossible, financially unaffordable and politically unsustainable. The EU cannot, and should not, try to unify in opposition to...

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