European Parliament and Committee on Budgets 22 April 2004, European Parliament resolution on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2005 (2004/2007(BUD))

33. Points out, in a context in which the significance of the EU as a global partner must be streng- thened, that steps in the direction of establishing a common European diplomacy and towards the creation of a European external action service would directly contribute to the achievement of this goal; 34.