Article 40, which deals with defence matters, is a problem for my party and me as it is currently formulated. I appreciate that these matters seem to change from day to day, but I understand that the current draft places a treaty obligation on member states to increase spending on armaments, establishes the armaments agency and requires, as a matter of treaty obligation, that there be co-operation between the European Union and NATO. I am in the majority in my party, albeit not a large one, in so far as I am not one of those who shrinks away from the notion of the EU acting in a military fashion. I support the existence of a capacity to deal with Petersberg Tasks, as we need to be able to enforce security in the current territory of the Union, as well as in a broadly defined Europe, which may include the Caucasus, parts of eastern Europe and the Balkans. This capacity is needed so that we can prevent the horror of events such as those in Srebrenica and Gorazde without the say-so of the United States.