EU Constitution (Solidarity Clause) (Hansard, 2 March 2004)

HC Deb 02 March 2004 vol 418 c831W 831W

§ Mr. Spring
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it is the Government's policy to support a solidarity clause in the constitutional treaty between EU member states in the event of attack. [157111]

§ Mr. MacShane
The Government support the proposal to establish a solidarity clause, on the basis of the language for the draft Constitutional Treaty for the EU, presented by the Italian presidency to the Inter Governmental Conference in December.