"At this precise moment, of course, as usual, the voices challenging the rush to war are attacked and silenced, smeared as traitors, cronies, Putin puppets, Kremlin stooges, Russian agents. Frankly, it's pathetic, And I don't make the comparison lightly, but the crudeness and cynicism of these slurs coming from mainstream E.U. parties might as well have been written by [Nazi war criminal] Hermann Goring, who infamously said that even though people never want war, they can be brought to war with threats and smears. This house should be ashamed of this debate. Words are being twisted, meanings subverted, and the truth turned on its head. Opposing the horrible madness of war is not anti-European, it's not anti-Ukrainian, it's not pro-Russian: it's common sense. The working class of Europe has nothing to gain from this war and everything to lose. And I find it laughable that those calling for arms to Ukraine never call for arms for the people of Palestine, or for the people of Yemen. Unlike you, I oppose all war. I want it stopped. I make no apology for that."
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Quoted in Jake Johnson "Decrying 'Horrible Madness of War,' Irish MEPs Call for Diplomacy in Ukraine" CommonDreams (7 October 2022)
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Clare Daly
Clare Daly (born 16 April 1968) is an Irish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2019 to 2024. As a member of Independents 4 Change (part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL) during her period as an MEP, Daly gained attention for her foreign policy opinions, particularly on Russia and China, which became contentious.
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