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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9128

10 February 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) weu/assembly
Jean-Pierre Masseret says that given NATO's development, EU must develop defence policy to remain world player

Brussels, 09/02/2006 (Agence Europe) -Political decision-makers and analysts in Europe are observing that NATO is “pinching” the prerogatives of the European Union, especially in the civil-military field. Such a change should compel the European Union to pursue the development of its defence policy in order to remain an actor in the international arena, the president of the Western European Union (WEU) Assembly, Jean-Pierre Masseret, said during an interview with Atlantic News.

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