A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.