Neutrality is not an issue in the Nice treaty as the political declaration obtained by the Government at the Seville Summit and cleared by the European Commission's legal service makes clear. We should play our full part in UN or EU peacekeeping tasks recognising that security policy is far more based on what we are comfortable with and in keeping with our traditions than we could ever have expected in the Cold War era. Some draw the line at enforcement, but in that respect I quote what Éamon de Valera said in 1946: