Roberta Metsola

Europe was outraged after the murder of Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin, President of the EU Parliament Roberta Metsola has told the Dáil and ...

Of how it can be the leveller we need it to be.” I think we have to be honest about our failings as much as our successes.” Of how it can be transformational.

The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola has said she is cautiously optimistic about the outcome of talks on the NI Protocol.

Please review their details and accept them to load the content. "Progress and justice cannot be taken for granted. "Health care must be accessible to all", Ms Metsola insisted, adding that the EU must "create a real health union". She quoted Barack Obama, saying that the story of Ireland is of "beating the odds", and that the country has learned lessons "that Europe will need to draw on to face the years ahead" as it grapples with "poly-crises". She said the EU wants to "protect Northern Ireland's place in the UK internal market and also protect the integrity of the single market". Ms Metsola said there has been several delegational visits to the North and the focus needs to be on "finding joint solutions".

Roberta Metsola told the Irish parliament that the EU can learn lessons from how Ireland has dealt with the challenges of Brexit.

“When Ireland faced uncertainty in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, your position was our position. to face the year ahead. Ireland is you,” she told TDs and senators.

Roberta Metsola said Irish people have a long history of showing empathy, of caring, of standing up.

Metsola condemned the “brutal” Russian invasion of Urkaine and said that the EU would stand with Ukraine for “as long as it takes”. Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament, has thanked Ireland for hosting more than 70,000 Ukrainian refugees. Roberta Metsola said Irish people have a long history of showing empathy, of caring, of standing up

Roberta Metsola says bloc 'respects' choice of British people and will continue to stand by Ukraine.

“When Ireland faced uncertainty in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, your position was our position. It has meant increased homelessness and hopelessness. “When 10 people lost their lives in Creeslough, we cried with you. It has meant increased social pressure. “Ireland is Europe and Europe is Ireland. There is no decision that is taken without you.

The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said she is very concerned at the increasing levels of intolerance towards refugees taking hold ...

When asked if Ireland should limit the number of people coming here seeking protection Ms Metsola said: "Refugees in the global sense of the word is an obligation that all countries, such as Ireland, such as my own, such as all members of the European Union and international community have an obligation to protect. "Whereas in reality, we are living in a global world where we have to show solidarity with who looks at the EU for protection." Speaking to RTÉ's Prime Time Roberta Metsola said: "This is something that you can see across the European Union where you have a narrative, that can take hold quite easily of intolerance, of hatred of some sort of nostalgia for what we had or what we were.

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola has told the Irish parliament that the EU “will not leave your side” on Brexit issues.

to face the year ahead. “When Ireland faced uncertainty in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, your position was our position. Ireland is you,” she told TDs and senators.

President Roberta Metsola delivered an address in the Irish capital in which she told politicians that the EU “will not leave your side” on Brexit issues.

While Ms Metsola’s comments are “not unique” (and echo remarks made in the part by Michel Barnier) “she needs to be aware there’s a problem… “When Ireland faced uncertainty in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, your position was our position. Lord Empey says he hopes remarks by the president of the EU Parliament today in Dublin are not a sign that the bloc is “digging its heels in” over the Protocol.

Europe was outraged after the murder of Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin, the president of the EU Parliament Roberta Metsola has told the Dáil ...

Businesses have been reporting some problems with how the protocol is operating. I think we have to be honest about our failings as much as our successes.” “When Ireland faced uncertainty in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, your position was our position. Because make no mistake, we are living in times of polycrises.” to face the year ahead. Ireland is you,” she told TDs and senators.