Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is why there is a degree of paranoia and anxiety in many of the former states of the Soviet Union that are now free and in the EU. The most overriding consideration that many of them have is to avoid returning to what they experienced. These are legitimate issues. What is happening in Ukraine is not satisfactory and what Russia is doing cannot be ignored by Europe. This is not to follow any line slavishly. It is a question of whether we should allow this situation or messing with the Baltics to continue.

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