Headline from opinion piece in the Irish Times by Eoin Drea: "Ireland’s EU presidency will underline how out of touch we are". Strapline: "We need to leave our confused policy inconsistencies at home and focus instead on being administrative nerds"

Screenshot of two paragraphs from the linked opinion piece in the Irish Times by Eoin Drea: First screenshotted paragraoh: "Ireland should focus on process, not content, in its upcoming presidency of the EU. We need to leave our confused policy inconsistencies at home and focus instead on being administrative nerds bent on reaching compromises. But to do this – in an impartial and successful way – requires an understanding of just how far off-piste Dublin’s policies appear to many other EU states." Second screenshotted paragraph: "It will require us to acknowledge that Germany (and other states) have a fundamental loyalty to Israel borne out of the horrors of their own 20th-century history. These ties are pivotal to their understanding of responsible statehood today. On Ukraine, Ireland needs to leave the eulogising of neutrality at home and grasp the sense of panic pervading our eastern EU neighbours. On potential enlargement, Ireland needs to understand how this issue is intrinsically linked to the future of the EU budget

Irish politicians represent Ireland in the #EU. But #FineGael's eurobrains tell #Ireland to shut up. 😡

Dr #EoinDreaxs #IrishTimes op-ed tells Ireland to #STFU about #genocide in #Gaza, #EUmilitarization, & #IrishNeutrality. Drea calis Irish policy a "hot mess of […]

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