If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.
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For years, we have heard warnings that Europe needs to contribute more to NATO's capability.
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Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.
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For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.
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You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.
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NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves.
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What I will remember most from my time in NATO is meeting children in the countries where I've gone to, to Moscow and to Kiev, I've met school children.
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And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.
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And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice.
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But we acted pre-emptively in Kosovo in 1999 to stop Milosevic from doing what he was doing and increasingly doing the ethnic cleansing in a systematic way.
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