European Parliament
Howitt (PSE ),
in writing
The European Parliamentary Labour Party believes this resolution to be unbalanced in comparison to the recent EU common position on Weapons of Mass Destruction – which we fully support.
In particular, we cannot support paragraph 2, which seeks to assign a role to the EU which is best dealt with in the context of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The UK itself has reduced its nuclear deterrent by more than 70% since the end of the Cold War, and will continue to play a full role in international efforts to strengthen arms control and prevent the proliferation of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

