Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.