Seanad debates

Tuesday, 10 June 2003

Convention on the Future of Europe: Statements.

 

I am always fascinated by people who seem to think we will lose some of our identity or our cultural past. I have far too much confidence in our own identity to think that anything like that could happen. Some years ago, the French newspaper Ouest France organised a competition for schoolchildren based on choosing a motto for Europe. A tremendous number of entries came in, many from Ireland. I was nominated by The Irish Times as the Irish judge. We had a splendid time judging the mottoes, and we finally settled on "Unity in Diversity". No one expects us all to be the same. That is foolish. We are all different, but we can be united on a great many subjects, such as those we have spoken of today, and it good to get many different points of view from the Senators.

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