Example sentences of "a [adj] foreign [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other is that efforts to forge a European foreign and security policy ( loudly backed in principle by the Germans ) may be doomed . |
| 2 | Jacques Delors , the President of the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) , proposed on March 7 that the EC go beyond establishing a joint foreign and security policy and commit itself to a common European defence policy . |
| 3 | But Europe 's obsession with clearing a path to a common foreign and defence policy risks doing just that . |
| 4 | I hope that we shall make progress , along the cautious lines suggested by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister this afternoon , on a common foreign and defence policy . |
| 5 | Discussions during February within the context of the intergovernmental conference ( IGC ) on political union of the European Communities ( EC ) centred on the question of a common foreign and defence policy . |
| 6 | The two others — a common foreign and defence policy , and police and judicial co-operation — would be decided by meetings of relevant EC government ministers and thus remain outside the EC decision-making machinery . |
| 7 | Euro-hopefuls argue that if Europe had already been committed to a common foreign and security policy , its military contribution in the Gulf would have been swifter and more effective . |
| 8 | The Franco-German joint statement speaks of democratic legitimation of the union , making Europe 's institutions more efficient , ensuring unity and coherence in every sphere and implementing a common foreign and security policy . |
| 9 | Also included were proposals for the development of a common foreign and security policy and , ultimately , common defence . |
| 10 | The provisions relating to Economic and Monetary Union take the form of amendments to the EEC Treaty and therefore form an integral part of Community law ( even if one might have doubts as to the likelihood of the factual events which would trigger the final stage ) ; on the other hand , in the context of the provisions relating to political Union , a distinction was made between those matters which constituted amendments to the existing Community treaties , and those which fell outside the scope of the Communities , notably the provisions on a Common foreign and Security policy and those on co-operation in the fields of Justice and Home Affairs . |
| 11 | Title V provides for a Common Foreign and Security policy . |
| 12 | The provisions for a common foreign and security policy come in Title V of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 13 | Article J.1 of that Title declares : ‘ The Union and its Member States shall define and implement a common foreign and security policy , governed by the provisions of this Title and covering all areas of foreign and security policy . ’ |
| 14 | Peter Schmidt of the Stiftung Wissenschaft Politik at Ebenhausen , a leading expert on European defence and security issues , has identified the formulation of a Common Foreign and Security policy as the product of a ‘ top-down approach ’ which ‘ regards the political union of Western Europe within the framework of the EC as an end in itself ’ , rather than of a ‘ functional or horizontal approach ’ which ‘ asks in a practical way which defence functions can and should be handled in a Western European framework , which ones can remain attached to existing defence arrangements — above all that means Nato — and which ones can stay at the disposal of nation states ’ . |
| 15 | Given this reality , a Common Foreign and Security policy can only be expected to reflect the lowest common denominator , the position which least offends . |
| 16 | Just as in their trade policy the Federalists are prepared to sacrifice the Member States ' economic prosperity for the political goal of a United Europe , so does the establishment of a Common Foreign and Security policy sacrifice their military and strategic needs to that same political end . |
| 17 | In their view , the EC must be endowed with the ability to formulate and carry out a common foreign and security policy , particularly vis-a-vis the East and Central European countries ; the lack of such a policy has unfortunately prevented effective EC action in the former Yugoslavia . |
| 18 | We welcome the agreement reached at Maastricht on a common foreign and security policy . |
| 19 | I hope that Germany , which has stood firmly in favour of a common foreign and security policy in the intergovernmental conferences that have just concluded and in the discussions on this week 's Maastricht treaty , will listen to its own exhortations and ensure that , whenever the decision is taken on recognition , it is made collectively , not unilaterally . |
| 20 | The proposals envisaged ( i ) reinforcing democratic controls to give legitimacy to political union ; ( ii ) making EC institutions more effective ; ( iii ) ensuring the economic , monetary and political cohesion of the EC ; and ( iv ) establishing a common foreign and security policy . |
| 21 | Earlier in the month the Belgian Foreign Minister , Mark Eyskens , had presented detailed proposals envisaging genuine participation in decision-making by the European Parliament ( which would itself elect the Commission President ) and a common foreign and security policy . |
| 22 | An annex to the communiqué , based on a paper prepared by the Irish presidency , stated the objective of political union to be " the transformation of the Community from an entity mainly based on economic integration and political co-operation into a union of a political nature , including a common foreign and security policy " . |
| 23 | " In the sphere of foreign policy , the Council recorded consensus on the objective of a common foreign and security policy [ UK reservation ] to strengthen the identity of the Community and the coherence its action on the international scene … |
| 24 | The effective implementation of a common foreign and security policy should take place within an institutional framework based on " one decision-making centre , namely the Council ; harmonization and , where appropriate , unification of the preparatory work ; a unified secretariat ; a reinforced role for the Commission through a non-exclusive right of initiative ; adequate procedures for consulting and informing the European Parliament ; detailed procedures ensuring that the union can speak effectively with one voice on the international stage in particular in international organizations and vis-à-vis third countries " . |
| 25 | On July 31 the Commission issued an " essentially positive " opinion ( or recommendation to EC governments ) on Austria 's application , although it said that the government needed to give assurances that its neutrality policy would not obstruct EC moves towards a common foreign and security policy . |
| 26 | Opening provisions of the Treaty on European Union stated that the Union should assert its identity on the international scene " through the implementation of a common foreign and security policy which shall include the eventual framing of a common defence policy " . |
| 27 | Statements followed on the ( GATT ) Uruguay Round , a common foreign and security policy , the countries of central and eastern Europe , the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) , nuclear safety in the central and eastern European countries and the CIS , the European energy charter , Yugoslavia , the Middle East peace process , relations with the Mediterranean countries , the European Economic Area , relations between the Community and its member states and developing countries , the CSCE , non-proliferation and arms exports , and southern Africa . |