I wish to refer briefly to the issue of sovereignty, which was touched on by many speakers in this debate. In successive referenda, the Irish people have chosen to pool their sovereignty and have shown remarkable common sense in so doing. When Monet and Schuman first came up with the idea that led to the European Coal and Steel Community, they saw that the future for Europe was in pooling sovereignty. The French, Germans or Italians did not become any less sovereign as a result of pooling their sovereignty – they gained. It was a win win situation. It not only made war impossible to contemplate but materially inconceivable. It also meant that Europe could move forward in a progressive, dynamic, democratic and prosperous way.