Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is interesting because what we have heard is all about our alignment with the EU and a reference to the idea of a common EU foreign policy, which of course we do not have. It is important to say that. It is not an EU competency, but right now, we have Germany saying:

This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us. I can only say [I have] the greatest respect for the fact that the Israeli army had the courage to do that, and that the Israeli state leadership had the courage to do this.

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