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- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Members for their contributions. The other issues that were on the extensive agenda of the European Council meeting on 27 June were the internal reform agenda, Georgia, Moldova, the EU's strategy for the Black Sea region and its response to hybrid threats. On migration, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, provided leaders with a written update of...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Brendan Howlin: Including existing member states like France.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is my point. This must also be the question for Europe. The General Affairs Council has looked at how we deal with existing members. We have the Article 7 procedure with Hungary, for example. As politics moves to the right and towards a more fascist agenda across Europe, we must look at how we deal with existing member states. I represented Ireland in the Article 7 hearings on...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: A number of us spoke about an element of the anger regarding Ursula von der Leyen. Some of it goes back to the initial unconditional support for the Israeli regime. The absolute pounding of the Palestinian people was a genocidal action. There is no way to call it anything else. That was always on the cards, given the nature of that regime, Benjamin Netanyahu and all the others who-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is there a question? I have so much to respond to.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Fair enough. Of course there is a question. Is it correct that there has been no response with regard to Ireland looking for the EU-Israel agreement to be reviewed? If there has been a formal response, will the Minister of State provide some detail? What discussions were there about Georgia? In the past while, there has been almost a stopping of its journey to accession based on the...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There has been no response on the trade agreement. As the Taoiseach said during questions to the Taoiseach, if it were the position of the European Council more broadly that there should be a response, we would get a response from Ursula von der Leyen. There are different positions. Ireland continues to advocate for its position. That is not a shared position. We raise it and try to...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I wish to get the Government's position correct in respect of Gaza. From what I see in the House, Ukraine does get equal and positive treatment in this House and by all the people of Ireland. The point we are making is about the hypocrisy in Europe.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I made the same point.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: The Minister of State did not. She chastised us, saying we are not-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I did not. I explicitly said-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: The Minister of State said we should say more-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I listened to the debate-----
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I have the floor. I am speaking and asking a question.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Matt Shanahan: It is questions and answers.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What is the question?
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: Let me ask the question and then the Minister of State can have her say. The Minister of State said the European Union has perhaps moved a couple of baby steps towards the Irish position. She said we all focused on what Ursula von der Leyen said and did a year ago regarding Israel. That is not the case. Deputy Harkin mentioned what was said in the European Council summary today. At what...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does the Deputy mean by that?
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: By passing the occupied territories Bill or something like that. The Minister of State said the European Union does not have an agreed position, therefore this is the position it is taking. When will it take a different position because of our views?
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What I am saying is that the overwhelming majority of contributions to this debate focused on Gaza. That is really important; all I am saying is there should be balance on both sides, as I said about the Council also. I already addressed Deputy Harkin's point. I counted the number of contributions. I am also looking for this balance. On the Irish position, we have actively divested...