Is there to be a common defence policy or not?

At this stage, I should still not, however, be able to say that we can begin to talk about a common defence policy.

So the crucial question is what democratic control there will be when we get a common defence policy.

This makes it difficult to establish a common defence policy.

Parliament does not have the right to decide on a common defence policy.

In Sweden, 70 per cent of the population are still opposed to a common defence policy.

Or shall I interpret the answer as saying that there will in actual fact be a common defence policy?

Europe can also have a genuine common defence policy.

The Spanish think the Community should aim for a common defence policy.

The single currency must soon be followed by a common defence policy so that Europe can guarantee peace, including beyond its own borders.

I want a common foreign policy and a common defence policy.

Denmark gets special opt-outs on a single currency and a common defence policy.

Then we can develop a common defence policy.

I do not accept that the purpose of a common defence policy is to protect the Union's interests in all areas, including security of supply.

The idea of a common defence policy seems to be a mantra: if it is repeated often enough it will perhaps become reality.

Without a common defence policy, Europe will still lack the military muscle needed for a credible common foreign policy.

The proposal for a conference to discuss a common defence policy and a common defence position cannot be accepted.

Above all, do they have the will to provide themselves with democratic and legitimate political institutions capable of designing and implementing a common defence policy?

This implies that the non-aligned countries are as interested as all others in developing a common defence policy.

Thus, at the very moment when the common menace receded, the Twelve committed themselves to a common defence policy.

The reasons we are in this situation are partly attributable to the absence of a common defence policy, but not entirely so.

The common defence policy cannot advance by relying heavily on majorities that he could nevertheless have sought and obtained.

Mr Prodi sets great store by a common defence policy for Europe.

It talks about the eventual framing of a common defence policy which may, in time, lead to a common defence.

Many of the EU Member States do not accept a common defence policy.