An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2023-02-15
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

-----about its humanitarian approach. It is not clear what we mean by that language. In terms of the word "hard", do we mean hard right individuals like Orbán and Meloni, members of the European People's Party, EPP, who were at that meeting along with representatives from Fine Gael? Do we mean it in the context of being hard-hearted? I refer to the vote by EPP members, including some of our own MEPs, to allow people to drown in the Mediterranean-----

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