Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Nice made a few changes on the side just to get us to deal with the larger Union, but it has not dealt fundamentally with the role that Europe plays today. Europe cannot continue like that. By the end of this decade, the European Union will comprise 30 countries. Whether people like it or not, they will have to introduce structures to deal with such a Union in future, otherwise Europe will get into huge difficulties over the next five years. Everybody knows that.

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