Ireland is and will not be the only country to experience a reduction in European Parliament membership. Each existing member state will have a reduction, with the exception of Germany and Luxembourg. The sacred cow of neutrality, or the military implications, is one of the main trump cards in the anti-Nice lobby's war chest. Nice envisages the establishment of a political and security committee, with each member state represented. There will be a rapid reaction force consisting of 60,000 members, to which our contribution will be a mere 850 military personnel.