Mr. Pierre Moscovici:

As I said, everybody can discuss with everybody. I am talking about the legal framework that is common to us. Ireland is not a third country. It is a member of the European Union and the eurozone. Our negotiator, Mr. Barnier, who was here, will negotiate and act in the name of the 27 member states, each and all of them. Of course, we will always act under the control of the European Council and the Council at its various levels; there will, therefore, be constant control from the Council to the Commission and from this Parliament to the Council through the Irish Government.

I will say one last word. We are certainly not trying to re-establish a solid border. If I was understood in that way, I was misunderstood. We know that this is a divided a country. I said precisely the contrary, namely, that we would take on board the specific situation of Northern Ireland in the negotiations.