Security Council Seat
Sir - The replacement of our seat on the UN Security Council with a single EU seat (report, August 7) would seriously hamper our ability to form alliances with other non-EU nations or take unilateral action to defend British interests.
We could even find ourselves engaging in a conflict opposed by our own Security Council representatives. Recent conflicts have shown that EU governments often have conflicting views on security issues.
The UN Security Council is rightly criticised for its inability to take action. Imagine if one of its seats needed to take a straw poll of 27 governments before it came to a position. The UN and the EU would be dragged into chaos.
Syed Kamall MEP (Con),
Well sort of half right, but the last paragraph sets the stage for even further intergrationalist measures, because that is exactly the argument that will be used to push for more QMV and less “interference” from 27 governments.
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