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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NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves.

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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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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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So seven new countries, three of them formerly part of the Soviet Union, and the others part of the Warsaw Pact, will become full members of NATO next year.

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