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Press releases 2004
Date Title
01-12-2004 046 WEU Assembly urges strong EU presence in Balkans to avert violence
01-12-2004 045 WEU Assembly favours “new deal” in transatlantic relations
01-12-2004 044 Mr Goris urges the Assembly to help develop a climate of trust
between the EU and NATO
01-12-2004 043 Assembly of WEU calls for a compromise in Ukraine
01-12-2004 042 “Undeniable success” of Operation Artemis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
01-12-2004 041 Cyprus Minister Iacovou threatens to block Turkey’s EU accession talks
01-12-2004 040 WEU Assembly seeks reciprocal observer status with Euro-Med Assembly
30-11-2004 039 Call for a “space division” in the European Defence Agency
30-11-2004 038 WEU Assembly: US and Europe must cooperate on unmanned aerial vehicles
30-11-2004 037 NATO Deputy Secretary-General Minuto Rizzo urges broader cooperation with EU
30-11-2004 036 A central role for the European Defence Agency in transatlantic cooperation?
30-11-2004 035 The EU should bolster and rationalise defence equipment sector
30-11-2004 034 WEU Assembly urges EU to put more effort into the Southern Caucasus
29-11-2004 033 Luxembourg presidency supports maintaining the modified Brussels Treaty and WEU Assembly on an interim basis
29-11-2004 032 WEU Assembly urges parliaments to educate public on Constitutional Treaty
29-11-2004 031 The Constitutional Treaty – undoubted progress as far as European security is concerned
29-11-2004 030 President Glesener: ESDP parliamentary forum is more necessary than ever
27-10-2004 029 Voting rights for parliamentarians of new EU, NATO Members
28-10-2004 028 Biannual meeting with WEU/PSC Ambassadors
- Javier Solana’s WEU mandate extended - submits annual report -
25-10-2004 027 Promising outlook for the ESDP, according to the conclusions of a WEU Assembly conference
22-10-2004 026 French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier receives WEU parliamentarians
to mark 50th anniversary of the 1954 Paris Agreements
modifying the Brussels Treaty
- Bilingual edition of the Treaty published -
29-10-2004 025 Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary
of the modification of the Brussels Treaty:
- continued relevance of collective defence in the age of terrorism -
06-10-2004 024 Stef Goris (Liberal Group, Belgium) to be next President of the Assembly 
18-09-2004 023 Second day of the Assembly Conference in Enschede/Netherlands on improving European armaments cooperation
18-09-2004 022 Assembly Conference on improving European armaments cooperation in Enschede/Netherlands
09-09-2004 021 Political Committee visit to Washington:
Americans not worried about European autonomy,
but divided Europe may be paralysed
04-06-2004 020 Assembly urges EU Constitution changes on parliaments, mutual defence, NATO
03-06-2004 019 Call for a European defence agency open to all WEAG members
03-06-2004 018 The Assembly says the Interim Government of Iraq needs extensive powers of sovereignty
03-06-2004 017 Assembly: China must improve arms export controls and human rights practices
03-06-2004 016 Spanish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs calls for greater European defence solidarity
03-06-2004 015 Call for greater European solidarity in the face of terrorist threats of mass destruction
03-06-2004 014 German Defence Minister fears security policy vacuum if WEU Treaty is denounced before ratification of EU Constitution
03-06-2004 013 Emergency Debate on Iraq
02-06-2004 012 Baltic States invited to accede to the modified Brussels Treaty
02-06-2004 011 WEU Assembly urges strong multidimensional effort in western Balkans
02-06-2004 010 Parliaments and the general public suffering from a lack of information about the ESDP
02-06-2004 009 WEU Assembly urges steps to improve rapid response land forces
02-06-2004 008 President De Decker presses for setting up an interparliamentary forum for ESDP
04-05-2004 007 ISIS-Europe Conference on “Tackling the ‘double democratic deficit’ of ESDP”:

President De Decker’s proposals for improving the accountability of ESDP and preventing a re-nationalisation of European policy

Chairman Elmar Brok proposes “antenna” for national parliaments within the EP
22-04-2004 006 Agreement on cooperation between the Assembly of WEU and
the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States
25-03-2004 005 Assembly meeting with NATO Council and DSACEUR
− Recent events in Kosovo make troop reductions unlikely −
03-03-2004 004 Assembly seminar on armaments issues in Oslo -
Norwegian Defence Minister to speak on military transformation
10-02-2004 003 Valencia conference on terrorism, non-proliferation and EU-Mediterranean cooperation: tackling the roots of terrorism is first line of defence against proliferation threat

Ana Palacio: longterm strategy needed to change mentalities and attitudes in Southern Mediterranean countries
27-01-2004 002 President De Decker: “Governments should not denounce modified Brussels Treaty until the European Constitution containing an acceptable mutual defence clause is ratified and proper interparliamentary oversight of ESDP by national parliaments is established”
16-01-2004 001 President De Decker’s Hearing at French Senate:
“France’s full NATO integration would facilitate development of ESDP”

Senators support improved oversight of ESDP by national parliaments