Mr. James Healy:

From time to time manufacturing and services jobs appear to be put to the fore and prioritised over agriculture. That balance is the issue. It comes back to the fact that the benefits of Europe are not always communicated properly but also that Europe must listen to what its people are saying. That might be why we have a more radicalised youth and a political scene that is now more extreme left and extreme right. Unless that problem is noted and addressed, those issues will continue. Europe must communicate the benefits it is creating but it also must listen to its people.

With regard to the European Youth Guarantee, we would certainly favour a rural pilot. To be honest, we do not know enough about the Youth Guarantee, but we would certainly support anything that would benefit rural young people.