Neither the US alone nor ad hoc international coalitions can deal with threats of this kind. What the EU will need to do in the future is to establish itself permanently as a strong partner within the strategic Four (the US, the EU, Russia, and the UN). That is why the Convention chairman, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, is right to call for EU foreign and security policy to be strengthened.
C'est pourquoi Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, président de la Convention, a raison de réclamer un renforcement de la politique extérieure et de sécurité.