Several people referred to our overwhelming interest in a successful European Union in the context of the benefit of EU membership. Like other speakers, I regret the apparent decline in enthusiasm and loss of confidence. Senator McDowell referred to this. The magnitude of the electoral majorities in Eastern Europe in favour of joining the European Union is similar to the majority in this country when we voted on the Treaty of Rome. It is interesting to reflect that six out of the ten accession states have smaller populations than Ireland. We are becoming a middling small state in the new Union.