"The EU must develop a common position with respect to all significant strategic issues in its foreign relations. Otherwise, Europe will be at the mercy of the interests of others. No European country - not even the Big Three (France, Great Britain and Germany) - can any longer assert its central foreign policy interests alone, outside of the common European framework. So any weakening of the EU in its foreign relations entails a corresponding weakening of the member states' individual interests. Everyone agrees to a 'Europe of Common Values'. What we need now is a 'Europe of Common Interests'. Objectively, it is already a reality. Subjectively, the only remaining question is this: how long will it take before Europe's governments finally start taking it into account?"