Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

I do not think so. Open strategic autonomy is generally what people would say and this has been discussed over the past number of years. To be fair to President Macron, when he said this first people probably said we were grand, but there have been so many geopolitical changes since then that there is a lot to be said for making sure Europe can do things on its own. Ireland does not think we can do things solely on our own and we really value engagement, particularly with the US.