Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have seen it happen in this country too, but we have seen particular examples abroad. I will not name them here. We should be firm and stand up for the EU. It has, effectively, been the greatest peace project ever undertaken, and I am not going to attribute descriptions of it as being a military alliance. Clearly, countries want to defend themselves. When I meet my colleagues from the Baltic states and the countries right next door to Russia, defending their countries and being part of NATO, and the EU perhaps moving in that direction, or perhaps not, because there are different debates in different countries, this context is absolutely existential for those countries. They could not exist without being members of these organisations because of what lies next door to them. We have a different debate in this country. Issues of geography mean we all have different experiences, but those countries are entitled to have those discussions.

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