Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No, the EU itself was seen to be riven by internal strife. We were all looking at the Conference on the Future of Europe debate in the context of whether the fundamental principles of Europe were being abided by and whether we could do something about that. Then, suddenly, we were almost in lockstep on the critical issues, which was heartening for us all.