Translation of "Sicherheitspolitisch" in English

It is on that basis that we wish to cooperate with Russia politically, economically and in terms of security policy.

Seen from the point of view of security policy, all this means, then, a very unbalanced and unsettled situation.

Turkey will always stand guarantor for the security of the whole of Europe.

In terms of security policy, this is problematic not only in regards to the danger of terrorism.

And fourthly the EU must learn to adopt an adequate security policy in the buffer zones to the Middle East.

The enlarged EU will be substantially more heterogeneous in its foreign and security interests and perceptions than the present Community of 15.

Without these technologies our country would not be able to take any action in security policy.

The danger and the decision have less to do with security policy and more with domestic policy and identity.

The only way to counter this is with unified strength – both in foreign and security policy as well as economically.

Germany must be ready for earlier, more decisive and more substantive engagement in the foreign and security policy sphere.

The result is an increasingly security-militarist approach to protracted social and economic problems.

Tajikistan is a largely isolated country, both politically and geographically, in a region where security is fragile.

Let us ensure that we produce a white paper in a year's time which makes it clear what sort of security policy we want in Europe.

In addition, when discussing finances we should not forget the advantages of enlargement, politically and in terms of security, but above all for democracy and economic progress.

For this reason we need to link the great community of values based on the rule of law and on democracy with a renewed community of interests not limited solely to security matters.

I said that we considered it important to make the structural and procedural preparations needed to transform a union of Western European countries into a truly pan-European Union which would, at the same time, have power to act in matters of foreign policy and security, and which must therefore be more democratic too.

Madam President, in the light of the Union's lamentable foreign policy performance, especially in the Balkans, the need for Europe's people and politicians to pull together in the security field, to install more rapid and effective decision-making mechanisms, and to speak with one voice on the international stage is greater than ever.

But we have to remember that, to the Russian establishment as a whole, the extension of NATO means an increased threat to Russia's security.

Southern enlargement - as also the accession of Ireland - was and is a success story, economically, socially, but also in terms of democracy and security policy; it is one that we will and must now repeat with enlargement to the east.

Mr President, Europe' s new role in the world will be conditioned by external and security policy, but also by the tensions between social, economic and political needs.

I am in favour of the EU continuing to make peacekeeping the hallmark of its foreign and security policy and to detach itself from the apron strings of the United States.

I believe, then, that there is more than one good reason why Europe should, in the new world order that is coming into being, speak with one voice on matters of foreign and security policy.

I have not overlooked the problems which this might cause, such as the fact that, geographically, the EU would then stretch well beyond Europe into what are highly unstable regions from the point of view of security policy.

If it is true that around 7 000 deaths a year occur in the Mediterranean, for example among people in transit by boat from Morocco to Spain or Portugal, how can we, on the one hand, achieve an improvement in the situation in these countries, and, on the other, make the prevention of these pitiable people's deaths an achievement for our security policy?

In fact, it is the Europeans citizens themselves who are hoping and calling for action that will add a European value to national policies, whose limitations are becoming increasingly clear, both in terms of security policies and of policies for safeguarding rights and fundamental freedoms.

I also believe that we must use the current crisis in foreign and security policy to unite Europe in foreign and security policy, not against the USA but as a self-assured partner; sadly we are still not that today, and it is our own fault.

If Europe is to assert itself as a power for global peace, it will need to speak to the outside world with a single voice, as well as possessing the capacity to get its way in matters of military and security policy.

Over the past decade, though, we have, progressively and continuously, moved closer together even on fundamental matters of security policy, and the debate on the two preceding reports is a demonstration of how we, in these areas, are taking a fundamentally global approach to policy.

What we are concerned with here is obtaining better value for money, but we are also concerned with playing a part in developing military technology enabling Europe to hold its own in terms both of security policy and of cooperation with other parts of the world.