Seanad debates
Thursday, 12 September 2002
An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht, 2002: An Dara Céim. Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
Furthermore in June 2000, at the European Council in Seville, declarations were made confirming that neither the Treaty of Nice nor any previous EU treaty affects Ireland's traditional policy of military neutrality. There will be a new provision in our Constitution if we vote "Yes", that Ireland will not be party to a decision by the EU to create a common defence. Voting "Yes" to Nice this time will mean power to the people on neutrality. If that is not a guarantee of our own decision-making, I do not know what is. What more could we need?
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