The European Union's common external policy in relation to the crisis in Haiti
11.3.2004
WRITTEN QUESTION E-0873/04
by Salvador Garriga Polledo (PPE-DE)
to the Council
As a result of the crisis in Haiti leading to the fall of President Aristide, a plan was drawn up in Paris and accepted by Washington, following effective Franco-US cooperation, to prevent what could have been a serious conflict, averted at the eleventh hour.
However, this crisis continues to raise questions about the European Union's common external policy, since France, a country so important in framing that policy, played a leading role in resolving the crisis, without any apparent factoring in of the strategies that define the external policy of the European Union.
Can the Council clarify whether the French authorities at any point consulted, communicated with or took special steps to inform the High Representative for CFSP on the aforementioned plan to resolve the crisis in Haiti?