Senator Norris also referred to the question of independence, military action, etc. If he consults the consecutive treaties, he will see that there is a consciousness that Europe needs to do more about foreign policy, security and defence. Let us not deny that fact because it is rooted in the Maastricht treaty. Why was it included in the treaty? The answer is that Europe is self-aware. This came about in the early 1990s when two faces of post-communist Europe were emerging. First, those interested in reconciliation, who were knocking on Ireland's door looking for us to say "Yes", and, second, the ugly brute force of the Republika Srpska, Mr. Milosevic's greater Serbia, with rape as a weapon of war and ethnic cleansing.