Sinn Féin MEPs Lynn Boylan and Kathleen Funchion, in partnership with the Commission on the Future of Ireland, will be hosting a conference on Irish Unity in the European Parliament on Tuesday April 8, and have today announced a high level panel of participants.
In a joint statement, MEPs Boylan and Funchion said:
“We are delighted to be hosting a conference titled “The EU and Irish Unity: What Next?”.
“This conference will bring together speakers from the worlds of academia, trade unions and politics to discuss the opportunities for the island of Ireland as a re-united Ireland within the European Union.
“We are pleased to announce participants of the panel will include, Prof Colin Harvey of Queens University Belfast, Esther Lynch of the European Trade Union Confederation and George Katrougalos, a UN Independent Expert on a democratic and equitable international order, who is a former Foreign Minister of Greece.
“We are confident that this high-level panel will offer expert opinions and analyses on the conversation on Irish Unity.”