GERMAN CHANCELLOR
DEMANDS WORLD WIDE MILITARY POWER FOR EU
Date of Report 19 October 2001
Translated on 15 July 2002
BERLIN: EUROPE ALSO MUST FREE ITSELF FROM FOREIGN POLITICAL FETTERS
The "new conception of German foreign policy" announced by
Federal Chancellor Schroeder, should likewise be put into effect in
the EU. The EU has to bear "worldwide responsibility" and
to use its "world-political potential" according to Schroeder.
To this end its military potential, in particular, must be built up.
(Further to this, the Federal Chancellor announces a new stage of German
foreign policy "Worldwide German military operations")
Schroeder demanded in a government declaration that the activities
of the EU must be brought together to a conclusive (final) common, foreign
security and strategic policy. Europe bore "Worldwide responsibility"
and must, like German foreign policy, be ready and capable of worldwide
military operations. "I mean the securing of peace and the creation
of security, not only on the continent of Europe and around the edges
of the European Union"
Rearmament "The Path to World Power"
German pressure for the militarisation of EU foreign policy showed
a clear effect. In a declaration of heads of state or of governments
of the EU and of the President of the Commission it was announced that
the EU would reinforce its endeavours in other regions of the world"
in order to foster a "just world-wide system of security"
The Commissar for reform of the EU, Michel Barnier, demanded a "European
will to power"
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE "the Will
to Power " is a classic fascist expression. You may remember Leni
Riefenstahl's film of the Nuremberg Rally. It was called "The Triumph
of the Will".
The "new conception of German foreign policy" announced by
Federal Chancellor Schroeder, should likewise be put into effect in
the EU. The EU has to bear "worldwide responsibility" and
to use its "world-political potential" according to Schroeder.
To this end its military potential, in particular, must be built up.
(Further to this, the Federal Chancellor announces a new stage of German
foreign policy "Worldwide German military operations")
Schroeder demanded in a government declaration that the activities
of the EU must be brought together to a conclusive (final) common, foreign
security and strategic policy. Europe bore "Worldwide responsibility"
and must, like German foreign policy, be ready and capable of worldwide
military operations. "I mean the securing of peace and the creation
of security, not only on the continent of Europe and around the edges
of the European Union"
SOURCES: declaration of German Federal
Government by Federal Chancellor Schroeder at the European Council of
18 October 2001, Ghent.
Declaration of Heads of State or Government of the EU and of the President
of the Commission.
Measures to combat terrorism and measures following the terror attack
of 11 September 2001 (SN 4296/2/01 REV2) Brussels 19 October 2001
Commissar demands European Will to Power, Financial Times , Germany,
19 October 2001
