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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence

Michèle Alliot-Marie calls for strengthened EU military capabilities, larger national defence budgets and creation of European defence market

Brussels, 25/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - French Defence Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie, who was invited to Brussels on Monday by the CEPS, vigorously defended the "reality" of European defence during a conference on the theme "Defence Europe, from Utopia to Reality".

"In the past two years, Defence Europe has become a reality" as the European Union has been able to deploy several missions abroad and develop armaments programmes (such as the A400M), the French minister pointed out. Also, there...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Michèle Alliot-Marie calls for strengthened EU military capabilities, larger national defence budgets and creation of European defence market
(EU) EU/ESDP: Support for greater EU civil capabilities - moves to definition of "headline goal civil" with objectives to be reached by 2008
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Council conclusions on ESDP - military capability - fight against terrorism
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(EU) EU/ACP: Louis Michel in Sudan and Kenya
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Libyan ambassador to Brussels expresses surprise at President Barroso's statements - Libya "still studying" conditions for its accession to EuroMed process
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(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Ms Wallström and Ms Fischer Boel attend 10th anniversary of European Environment Agency - Appeal by Ms McGlade
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Informal ministerial meeting in Rotterdam to focus on territorial cohesion and urban policy in EUROPE
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