Hi everyone, Glenn Dyson here and I'm joined by Alexander McCurris and Claire Daly and Mick Wallace.

So Claire and Mick are both members of the EU Parliament and currently up for re-election.

Welcome.

Thanks very much.

Thanks very much.

So I follow some of the discussions and also statements coming out of the EU Parliament at times.

And well, I must admit, I find the strong consensus in the EU to be sometimes disturbing, especially during wars.

In regards to Ukraine, it seems that Iran feels it's a great idea to chant that weapons are the path to peace,

reject diplomacy for more than two years as hundreds of thousands of young men perish,

and we continue with these big steps towards nuclear war and challenge it.

You're accused of being on the Putin payroll.

In Gaza, we see that support of horrific war crimes

and possibly even genocide seems to be normalized. And again, those who challenge it might be

simply labeled anti-Semite terrorist sympathizer and Hamas supporters. So again, in this political culture of consensus, I guess we have

two MEPs standing out with vocal opposition, which is Claire Daley and Mick Wallace. So with your

radical suggestions, such as restoring diplomacy, looking for peaceful solutions. So I want to ask, though, since you are both up for re-election now,

how do you see this EU election being any different than before,

or is it more important, especially given the EU seems to be taking a bit of a different direction

than it had in the past when things were then, it was saying to be taking a bit of a different direction than it had in the past when

things were then, it was saying to be a civilian power, ethical power. The language now appears

to staring more towards being a geopolitical power, a great power almost. How is all of this relevant

do you think for this upcoming election?

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