Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 November 2003

Address by President of the European Parliament.

 

Several Senators mentioned the triple-lock. It is not my function in my role as President of the European Parliament to talk about Irish public policy per se, but the question was asked. It is my view that the Government entered some type of moral contract with voters before the Nice treaty when it offered the triple-lock mechanism. I understand – I am not talking about politics but about the right to expect a certain consistency of message and delivery – why the Government feels constrained in terms of decoupling from such a moral contract.

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