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| Miliband to call for 'model' EU | Miliband to call for 'model' EU |
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| Foreign Secretary David Miliband is expected to call for the European Union to be a "model power" for the world. | Foreign Secretary David Miliband is expected to call for the European Union to be a "model power" for the world. |
| In his first major speech on the UK's relationship with the EU, Mr Miliband will reject a Europe-wide "superstate". | In his first major speech on the UK's relationship with the EU, Mr Miliband will reject a Europe-wide "superstate". |
| But it is thought he will promote an EU dedicated to free trade and the environment, tackling the threats of religious extremism and terrorism. | But it is thought he will promote an EU dedicated to free trade and the environment, tackling the threats of religious extremism and terrorism. |
| His remarks follow the Prime Minister's declaration that Britain's "most important" relationship is with the US. | His remarks follow the Prime Minister's declaration that Britain's "most important" relationship is with the US. |
| Environmental damage | Environmental damage |
| Mr Miliband is due to make his address at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, where Baroness Thatcher delivered her famous warning against "some sort of identikit European personality" almost exactly two decades ago in September 1988. | |
| This time, however, the venue is expected to see the foreign secretary call for the Union to use "soft and hard power" to safeguard democracy. | This time, however, the venue is expected to see the foreign secretary call for the Union to use "soft and hard power" to safeguard democracy. |
| He will press for the EU free trade zone to be widened to include North Africa, and make a renewed appeal for Turkey's membership of the EU, it is anticipated. | He will press for the EU free trade zone to be widened to include North Africa, and make a renewed appeal for Turkey's membership of the EU, it is anticipated. |
| The Union should extend military support to places like Darfur, he will argue, to help solve problems of unwanted migration. | The Union should extend military support to places like Darfur, he will argue, to help solve problems of unwanted migration. |
| It is also thought that Mr Miliband will urge EU member states to use their common clout to tackle environmental damage, protectionism and the threat of terrorism. | It is also thought that Mr Miliband will urge EU member states to use their common clout to tackle environmental damage, protectionism and the threat of terrorism. |
| By contrast, Prime Minister Gordon Brown used his first major foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet on Tuesday to declare that "our ties with America - founded on values we share - constitute our most important bilateral relationship". | By contrast, Prime Minister Gordon Brown used his first major foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet on Tuesday to declare that "our ties with America - founded on values we share - constitute our most important bilateral relationship". |
| BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall said that the government is keen to shift debate away from arguments over the EU constitutional reform treaty. | BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall said that the government is keen to shift debate away from arguments over the EU constitutional reform treaty. |