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Published Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 10:52
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in EU in the world (1019 views and 2 comments)
Social democratic
European foundations are working hard to contribute to a PES
manifesto based on progressive values. The first meeting of the
European Network of Social-Democratic Foundations (ENSoF) took
place on 29 March 2008 in the beautiful city of Sofia, under the
coordinating wing of the Institute for
Social Integration of Bulgaria, to debate issues related to the
manifesto theme ‘EU in the world’.
There was a general agreement on the need to have a more
transparent and more accountable EU foreign policy, in order to
ensure that European citizens are aware that, besides the gaps that
are always highlighted in the news headlines, the EU is quite
successful in its external policies - for instance in its projects
and missions in Eastern European countries. Discussions addressed
the need to reinforce strategic partnerships with key international
actors such as the United States and Russia. A strong and
independent European security and defence policy was viewed as a
way to ensure the EU can act alone, even militarily, when required,
even without the support of the United States and of NATO – but
always in full respect of international law. Representatives of the
foundations agreed...
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Tags: defence, disarmement, Middle East, multilateralism, neighbours, Russia, security, USA
