Michael Conaghan (Dublin South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our distinguished guest. Is it not the case that currently in Europe there is not a single economy?

There are, for example, countries that were unaffected by the economic downturn and then there are countries that are struggling to recover from an economic downturn. Would Mr. Calleja Crespo not expect two different sets of advice for those economies, rather than a general overall list of things countries ought to be doing? If the director general has said a little about that, I missed it. What are the special measures in respect of countries such as Ireland and other countries, typically in southern Europe? What additional supports are required? Perhaps the director general has touched on it. I hope it is not unfair to ask this of Mr. Calleja Crespo but in the recent European elections, considerable scepticism was expressed in the polls about the entire European project. Incidentally, it is not a scepticism I share personally and I am certainly strongly pro-European. Would Mr. Calleja Crespo like to comment on this if he considers this to be a fair question?