To me, the answer is very simple. If you have some missile coming above our territory, the Americans won't ask our permission to bring it down, and that will be an aggression against our sovereignty, but at the same time it might save us and save the Americans by doing so. To me, it's a very simple answer. We are in it together. We are doing North American defence together, and we participate in the means that are available to do so. It is utterly contradictory to do it in Europe and not to do it within our own territory, and it's an expression of our sovereignty. We take a fundamental decision in sharing our sovereignty on an issue of fundamental defence.
On April 10th, 2014. See this statement in context.