Projecting stability

The Common Foreign and Security Policy has developed slowly in the European Union. It is still weak, because it is an area in which the member states are rightly jealous of their national prerogatives. There are distinct limi ts on how far they want to go in pooling their capacity, and on how much th ey want to spend. But in recent years they have begun to fashion a policy w hich can be more than just declaratory. It is a policy which will allow us to promote global stability.