Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2003
Military Neutrality: Motion.
Therefore I am not in favour of any great war, but I want the opportunity to say this. We have been told lies and more lies, and at least this debate will flush out into the open what people mean by neutrality. For example, we were told repeatedly during the Nice, Amsterdam and Maastrict debates that signing these treaties would not compromise neutrality. This was the policy of every Government involved, yet now they are reversing their view and stating that there is nothing left of our neutrality, it is a charade and we have already given it away by signing these instrument. That is what some of us were saying at the time, that it was the incremental giving away of our neutrality. Governments consistently told us this was not the case and now they are coming round and stating that there is no neutrality left because we gave it away. I ask them to stop promising us referenda—
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