Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-20
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

It has been reported that Ursula von der Leyen is to seek a second term as European Commission President, the most powerful political position in the European Union. Politico sums up her pitch as, "More military might, less climate talk". This is the Commission President who went to Israel to give a green light to the genocide that is now under way and continues to support that genocide. This is the Commission President who called for an accelerated process of militarisation, calling for an EU defence Commissioner. It is also reported that the Irish Government is to back Ursula von der Leyen. Is that accurate? If it is, that means not just that a vote for Fine Gael is a vote for a genocider to continue as European Commission President but also that votes for Fianna Fáil and the Green Party in the European elections are also votes for the continuation in office of a supporter of genocide.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-20