Mr. Niall Murphy:

The European Parliament has a critical role to play. Part of the change in the tectonic plates that informs where we are at present is Brexit. There is a significant growing centre ground in the North. This is possibly represented by an opinion poll showing the strong performance of the Alliance Party. They want to be European citizens. If they understand and appreciate that their British identity will be respected and maintained then they would prefer to be members of the EU rather than the UK. It is not necessarily membership or citizenship of a new Ireland but their British identity within the EU that they would like to see reflected. Considerable work should be undertaken with the European Parliament. If there were a public declaration as to the support that might be afforded to the inception of a new state, it might give more assurance to all of us on how that process of transfer might be undertaken.