Neither is the role of the Community institutions, EPC or even of the Western European Union (WEU), the European defence organization to which nine of the 1 2 Member States belong.
Det samme gælder EF-institutio-nernes rolle, EPS' placering og endog fremtidsudsigterne for Den Vesteuropæiske Union (WEU), den europæiske for svarsorganisation, som ni af de tolv med lemslande tilhører.