A segment of the electorate regards the European elections as an opportunity to vent their frustrations by voting for mavericks
Mick Wallace and Clare Daly have become staples of state-controlled media in the Russian, Chinese, and Arabic language. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
In the last European elections five years ago voters elected four MEPs who were Eurosceptic, or “Eurocritical” as they now prefer to describe themselves. One of them, Luke Ming Flanagan, openly supported the Brexit campaigners who took the UK, including Northern Ireland, out of the European Union. In April 2022, just three months after the Russian invasion, Daly denounced sanctions in the parliament saying the EU response made her “absolutely sick”.
Only two weeks ago, the four voted against a comprehensive new plan by the EU to streamline and speed up the asylum process for dealing with illegal migrants. The plan was backed by the big parties in the parliament but opposed by the far right and the far left who sought to capitalise on Continent-wide fears about migration. MacManus made the absurd claim that Ireland would be able to create a better and more efficient immigration system by opting out of the plan.
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