EU should support the transition to Irish unity – Kearney
8 April 2025
Speaking at the Sinn Féin’s Commission on the Future of Ireland event in the European Parliament on Tuesday evening, Sinn Féin National Chairperson, Declan Kearney MLA, said during his remarks:
“As the conversation on Irish unity progresses, we will need the European Union institutions to become directly involved in helping to manage the transition towards the future.
“Europe played a vital diplomatic, political and economic role in delivering the Irish peace process.
“The transition to Irish unity will also need to be planned and carefully managed.
“Colonial rule, partition and separate states in Ireland have all failed. Unity, through self determination, is the way forward. The EU can play a role in supporting the peaceful, democratic pathway to securing that objective.
“Planning for the future is essential. The Irish government should take the lead in that process.
“We need domestic and international partners to act in coordination.
“A century of partition is enough. It is time for Irish national self-determination. It is time for the United Nations Charter and provisions of the Good Friday Agreement to be respected and applied.
“We are on the cusp of a new and exciting era. Our appeal to Europe is to become part of the conversation; to share in the ambition. The EU should help us open up the next phase of the peace process, and the achievement of reconciliation, reunification and a new Ireland for all.”
