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Mette Frederiksen
@mettefrederiksen· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

Vi har et godt samarbejde med amerikanerne om sikkerhed i Arktis. Det vil vi gerne udbygge.

We have a good cooperation with the Americans on security in the Arctic. We want to expand that.

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Mette Frederiksen
@mettefrederiksen· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

Det kommer ikke til at ske. Grønland har meget klart sagt, at de ikke ønsker at være del af USA.

That will not happen. Greenland has made it very clear that they do not wish to be part of the USA.

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Mette Frederiksen
@mettefrederiksen· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

Selvfølgelig er Grønland ikke til salg. Det har vi sagt klart fra start.

Of course Greenland is not for sale. We have made that clear from the start.

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Dara Calleary
@daracalleary· Fianna Fáil· Jul 7, 2026

Employers are missing out on extraordinarily talented bunch of people who have a lot to offer.

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Dara Calleary
@daracalleary· Fianna Fáil· Jul 7, 2026

I would not rest until the gap was reduced.

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Jim O'Callaghan
@jimocallaghan· Fianna Fáil· Jul 7, 2026

I think it is effective in terms of protecting European Union security.

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Simon Harris
@simonharris· Fine Gael· Jul 7, 2026

While the existing financial consumer-protection framework is robust, the rules I am signing into law today will ensure that the framework continues to keep pace with the increasingly digitalised financial services landscape and maintains…

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Louise O'Reilly
@louiseoreilly· Sinn Féin· Jul 7, 2026

What we need to see is Government facing down the algorithms

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Louise O'Reilly
@louiseoreilly· Sinn Féin· Jul 7, 2026

It serves as nothing more than a distraction from algorithms

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Ida Auken
@idaauken· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

En præst kan også tale om den tilgivelse, der kan være behov for i et langt liv i politik.

A priest can also talk about the forgiveness that may be needed in a long life in politics.

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Ida Auken
@idaauken· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

Sorg over ikke at leve op til egne og andres forventninger. Og måske sorg over, at tingene ikke altid går den vej, man havde håbet og kæmpet for.

Grief over not living up to one's own and others' expectations. And perhaps grief over things not always going the way one had hoped and fought for.

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Ida Auken
@idaauken· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

Jeg tror, det er en rigtig god idé med en folketingspræst. Mange af os kan have brug for sjælesorg. Og samtaler om mening, tro og håb.

I think it's a really good idea to have a parliamentary priest. Many of us may need spiritual care. And conversations about meaning, faith, and hope.

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Peadar Tóibín
@peadartibn· Aontú· Jul 7, 2026

Ireland is an excessively expensive country for energy, this remains the key and so far unresolved issue which led to April's protests.

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Richard O'Donoghue
@richardodonoghue· Fianna Fáil· Jul 7, 2026

I would like is a cap on excise duty costs up to a certain amount, and then after that amount you pay the price on the fuel.

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Pearse Doherty
@pearsedoherty· Sinn Féin· Jul 7, 2026

Everybody knows what they're paying at the pumps at the minute, so it will push the price of diesel well above €2, it is simply unacceptable at a time when so many people are feeling the pinch and this cannot go ahead.

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Pearse Doherty
@pearsedoherty· Sinn Féin· Jul 7, 2026

The Government in response to the outrage over the cost of excise on petrol and diesel has decided to kick the can down the road, they've made a decision that before the end of the year they will have increased the price of diesel by 34…

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Ida Auken
@idaauken· Social Democrats· Jul 7, 2026

Det kan være, jeg bliver og hører lidt musik, hvis ikke jeg er for træt.

I might stay and listen to some music if I'm not too tired.

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