WEU
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"What happens if Saddam is persuaded to pull out of Kuwait, yet retains his army, his ambitions and a good deal of resentment?" asks a senior European adviser at the WEU meeting in Paris.
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A commissioner, probably British, would oversee the Saar on behalf of WEU, but an elected Landtag of Saarlanders would continue to run Saar affairs.
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The vote on the key WEU pact was 184-110, the others even more decisive.
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When France refused to attend this month's WEU meeting, Paris claimed that what Britain wanted to discuss was the Common Market, a subject technically off-limits to the WEU.
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WEU Member States agree on the need to develop a genuine European security and defence identity and a greater European responsibility on defence matters.
From The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 by European Union
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