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"Mr President, I would like to say to the Taoiseach: given that the proclaimed stability, jobs and growth have clearly not materialised, could I perhaps suggest an alternative slogan for the Presidency: ‘Never let the facts get in the way of a good story’.
Six months ago, the good story was a recovery country leading recovery in Europe. The unfortunate fact is Ireland’s return to recession, leading a deepening recession in Europe. Today, the good story is what is presented as a European budget stimulus. The stubborn fact is that this is the first austerity budget in the history of the European Union. It involves cuts of tens of billions of euros – not to bloated salaries, not to bloated expenses, but to funding for workers losing their jobs, to Erasmus, to development programmes and to cohesion funding. It will further worsen the crisis.
The other good story today, according to the Taoiseach, is the opening of free trade talks with the US, but the uncomfortable facts suggest that the so-called special relationship is built on extensive spying on European governments and millions of citizens. Would the Taoiseach agree that these talks, at the very least, should be suspended, pending a full investigation? Would he also agree that Edward Snowden should be commended for his actions and should be granted asylum in Ireland or another European country?"@en1
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