The Nice treaty is the hard-won political compromise by 15 member state Governments. It, too, comes as a package. The greater good is shared by its full implementation rather than concentrating on those individual aspects about which people may have a reservation. No concern outweighs the importance of facilitating enlargement as agreed by the existing European Union and the applicant states. The Nice treaty provides the only mechanism in political and legal terms to facilitate that enlargement now. Let us grasp that opportunity. Just as we disagree with rejectionists in relation to Ireland's agreement, let us be consistent and also refuse to listen to the rejectionists of the Nice treaty – Europe's agreement on enlargement. If we favour enlargement, and we do, then let us logically vote for the only agreed basis by which it can happen, that is, the Nice treaty. There is no reason to believe that another treaty would provide us with better terms, should one be agreed. Indeed, all predictions are to the contrary.