Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
UK Referendum on EU Membership: Discussion
11:10 am
Aideen Hayden (Labour)
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It really boils down to the issue of ever-closer union. The committee has had interaction over the years with different EU presidencies and strong views have been expressed by some countries about the importance of ever-closer union. None of us disagrees with the idea that we need to be more democratically accountable to the individual peoples and that parliaments need to have a greater role. How does Professor Jonathan Faull see Britain negotiations in this ever-closer union dimension?