It is an “absolute disgrace” that the Government has agreed to opt-in to the EU migration pact without knowing what it might cost - Tóibín.
"We've handed significant sovereignty to the EU, who will make decisions that will no longer necessarily be in our interests."It is an “absolute disgrace” that the Government has agreed to opt-in to the new EU migration pact without knowing how much it may eventually cost, according to Meath TD Peadar Tóibín.
It also aims to eliminate ‘pull factors’ encouraging migration to Europe as well as secondary movements – where people move from one EU country to seek asylum in another. “The difficulty I have with that is, now we've handed significant sovereignty to the EU, who will make decisions that will no longer necessarily be in our interests.”He warned that while EU membership has been largely good for Ireland, the 2008 economic collapse and subsequent bailout highlighted what can go wrong when you hand over power for key decisions.
“I think that's an absolute disgrace that the Government is signing up politically to a process and it does not know how much it will cost.”When it was put to him that his argument is similar to that made by Brexit politicians in the run-up to Britain’s referendum on EU membership, he noted that Britain is not the only country to go its own way on these issues.
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