Mr. Declan Power:

The Senator covered a lot of ground there. It is good to see her again, by the way. The last time I saw her was at the IIEA.

On what the Senator was talking about regarding EU member states taking different positions, I can understand her concern. Is it not also the case, however, that it is because of an entity like the EU that countries like Ireland and other like-minded states were able to get together a coalition of the willing to recognise Palestine? Inasmuch as the Germans are currently saying something that the Senator disagrees with - and so do I, quite frankly - the EU has been a very useful place-----