Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

We remain hopeful. He is eminently qualified and of current times to be in this position. That is not to take from any of the others but, to be frank, I am not a big supporter of going back 20 years when one wants to move 20 years forward. To me that sounds strange that if one wants to plan Europe for 2030 one goes back to someone who was around in 1980. Sometimes people make strange decisions.

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