Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Tá a lán ceisteanna ann ach tá mé ar lorg a lán freagraí. Since the last time we met, the euro crisis has worsened. I have many questions and would like to be allowed in again, particularly regarding Question No. 9 because the Government paid €700 million of the people's money to bondholders. Last week, the Taoiseach expressed his opposition to two categories of EU membership and to the emergence of an inner and outer circle. Surely he did not approve of the actions of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy in summoning the Greek Prime Minister to a summit to tell him not to hold a referendum on the Greek bailout and to threaten him with the expulsion of Greece from the eurozone. Did the Taoiseach support this action? Was he consulted on this issue? Did the German and French leaders act on his behalf? Do they believe they have the authority to summon Heads of Government or to threaten any member state with expulsion or to decide what questions can and cannot be put to a referendum in a member state?

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