Paris, 03/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - At a summer school in Paris on Wednesday 2 July 2008, members of the EPP-ED group and other speakers were able to make a detailed overview of progress and shortcomings in the European security and defence policy (ESDP).
The president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pottering, pointed out that from 1984-1989 he had chaired the EP's arms sub-committee and back then people used to make fun of the committee, saying that defence had nothing to do with...