The "No" side want to reopen the decision on the Amsterdam treaty when, at the proposal of other neutrals, the European Union took on the functions of peacekeeping from the Western European Union. I admire and have worked closely, under the Taoiseach's direction, for many years with the Sinn Féin leadership in the peace process. Their opposition to the European Union, however, is misguided, has not been thought through and does no service to republicanism. One of the few things the Unionist business and farming community admires about this State is that, compared to themselves and even Britain, we have the inside track in the European Union. A further "No" vote will throw that away and seriously damage the economic case for a united Ireland by agreement some time in the future.