I believe that it is very
much in our common interest that this situation should not be detrimental to transatlantic relations in the long term, and that we must, for this re
ason, become strong enough to make our visions real and effective in the immediate aftermath of any war in Iraq, – visions t
hat will enable us, quite independently of the security alliance that is NATO, to put transatlantic relations on a new footing in order t
...[+++]o make them sustainable in the long term and thereby to gain public support for this relationship on both sides of the Atlantic.