The fuel in the tank for the past 18 months has been the holy scripture known as the Draghi report. But as the article says: “Draghi isn’t going to save Europe. The result is to make us all more vulnerable to predatory corporate profit-making. As EU leaders gather in a 16th-century castle in the Belgian countryside to discuss the future of EU “competitiveness”, it is time for the Irish Government to state clearly if it stands for citizens’ rights or corporate profits. – Yours, etc,CHRIS O’CONNELL,Policy and advocacy adviser,Trócaire,Maynooth,Co Kildare.

Source: The Irish Times February 14, 2026 19:33 UTC