Seanad debates

Thursday, 10 October 2002

Address by President of the European Parliament.

 

I thank Senator O'Rourke very much for the invitation she extended and the work she has done. She referred to stopping enlargement. The momentum of enlargement is so great and the weight of history behind it so enormous that it will happen, but its moment is fragile. I have been to every accession state seeking to join our Union many times and they look to our country as a role model to which they aspire in a certain way because we are the poor guys on the edge who caught up.

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