The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.