Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)

As the treaty is undoubtedly a creation of the Merkel-Sarkozy agenda and as, thankfully, President Sarkozy is now confined to the political wilderness, will the Taoiseach acknowledge that what comes out of the summit on 23 May, which has just been called in recognition of Francois Hollande's election to the Presidency and will be held only eight days prior to the holding of the referendum on the treaty here, will have a material effect on the treaty and, therefore, on the referendum? Will he go to that summit willing to consider the Hollande agenda as against the Merkel agenda and will he be flexible about the date for the referendum on the treaty because of the important facts that will emerge from that summit?

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