Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

In the course of his discussions with EU colleagues, has the Minister noted any concern at the manner in which they were conned by the falsification of evidence on weapons of mass destruction? What are the implications for their parliamentary systems, including their accountability committees, given that they were lied to? What is the Minister's view of the general damage done to the international parliamentary process, including within the European Union, by the tissue of deceit that was used to initiate a war that has caused 90,000 civilian casualties? Is it not an appropriate topic for moral reflection by those who went along with it?

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