Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I find the term battle group unsettling. I do not think it appropriate phraseology for a peacekeeping troop. On 18 May, Irish troops participated in the EU battle group. They spent 18 days doing war games on Salisbury Plain. To me, that compromises Irish neutrality. Ireland is meant to be neutral of any aggression. This is NATO-lite. Our troops should not be involved in any acts of aggression around the world. We should pull out of these battle groups, or whatever one might want to call them, because they are a de factoEuropean army.

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