The more important matter of the admission of Turkey to the European Union is also worthy of consideration. This issue has implications beyond the accession of Turkey as it brings into play an issue touched on by Senator Ormonde – our citizens' sense of ownership of, and confidence in, the Union. Without wishing to endorse specifically the recent remarks of the former President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, I believe there is merit in many of his sentiments. If we are to have a sense of ownership of the European project, as citizens of Ireland and of Europe, we have to have a sense of identity with what we think of as Europe. One cannot go beyond the boundaries of Europe in looking to create that sense of identity as to do so is to risk losing it. People in Ireland, Finland or Portugal do not believe that Europe extends to the Turkish border with Iraq as it is simply not the case.