Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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I raised the issue about Ukraine and the Russians in the Dáil this morning. I realise previous speakers have raised the same issue. Will the Tánaiste outline the EU response to the bully-boy tactics of Vladimir Putin? Since he became re-elected as president he has tried to flex his muscle. I have been watching him in the international field with his interference in Syria or the way he has operated in Syria and in the Ukraine. We can see plainly that they are trying to set up the Soviet bloc again and to stall any other countries from joining the European Union. What does the EU propose to do about this, especially given what has happened in the Ukraine? I realise that other speakers have raised the same issue and therefore I will not dwell on it. I look forward to the response of the Tánaiste on the EU response on the same issue.