This is the challenge to the House and the Minister of State. I commend him on what he has done over the past number of years in helping to build this new, stronger and united Europe. The new enlarged Europe will not be an economic powerhouse or a political counterbalance to the US. It will be a set of states working closely together and showing how harmony and peace can work. The new Europe must be a beacon to other parts of the world. We are now in a world of strife, not just in the Middle East, but also in other political flashpoints from the Far East to South America. The way Europe has come together and co-operated is an example of how economic stability and development and political stability, development and union can work. It is a benchmark for world peace and politics.