Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his European Union colleagues focus on the emergence of ultra-nationalistic tendencies in member states of the European Union and the consequences of these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12369/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The rise of ultra-nationalist movements which are not committed to democratic means, in some states in Europe, is clearly of great concern. Given its particular history, Europe has to be vigilant to the false promises of extremist ideologies with their simplistic solutions to complex problems.

Where extreme movements – of whatever political hue – advocate violent responses or target particular groups in society, they must be met with the full rigours of the law.