Ms Ahern, MEP:

This is another issue for my party to address. My colleague, Mrs. McKenna, is close to some of the euro-sceptic Tories and I do not share her views. I am not a euro-sceptic. I have been critical but constructive and this is one of the reasons I have seen the Convention as a constructive progression. While the Convention has not been ideal, it is certainly much better than what has gone before. Deputy Gormley has played a constructive role in the Convention, trenchantly putting forward views precisely on the issues surrounding the proliferation of conventional weapons and how this can be controlled in Europe. He has done that seriously—

Ms Ahern, MEP: