Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not getting many answers so far from the Minister. I think he will accept that, at least. Will he comment on the rest of Europe? A number of significant countries have not yet ratified this treaty, including France, the Netherlands and Germany. Indeed, there is no urgency at all from the French Government, which the Minister will accept is the closest government to Canada. In fact, the French Minister, Mr. Clément Beaune, said in March this year that France would not even contemplate ratifying CETA ahead of the presidential elections in 2022, such is the level of discontent in the population. Given all that, why should we rush to ratify this treaty?