Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

Is the Minister under pressure from his colleagues in Europe to have a second referendum? Have they articulated the view that they are under pressure to put him under pressure?

The Minister referred to isolation and how we should not be going down the road on our own. The perception was created that our European counterparts were not satisfied with the policy we adopted in the banking crisis. Was that view articulated to him? The British, French and Germans seemed to be dissatisfied with the route we took. Did the Minister receive that message, notwithstanding that matters have changed dramatically in the past few days in those countries?

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