Common European Defence

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 January 1991.

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Photo of Hon. Douglas Hurd Hon. Douglas Hurd , Witney 12:00, 16 January 1991

The NATO ministerial meeting in December agreed that the European allies should take a greater role. For NATO, the Western European Union and the intergovernmental conference of the Twelve on political union, discussion of European defence will be a key task for this year.