Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Equally, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have not initiated a round of contacts with eurozone colleagues. One meeting with the Commission President is not an adequate preparation for such an important Council summit. This summit may well be Europe's last chance. There is a desperate need for decisive action and real leadership. It has been missing for most of this year. The crisis has been allowed to become an emergency. Time has now run out and this summit meeting has in its hands the future of the euro and the hope of many millions throughout the Union.

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