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Posted: 26th October 2025
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EURACTIV – October 26, 2025 – Ireland elects hard-left EU critic Catherine Connolly as next president
Connolly has described the EU as neoliberal and undemocratic, but insists she is “a committed European”
… Connolly has long described the EU as neoliberal and undemocratic and has opposed Ireland’s ratification of several EU treaties.
Still, she insists that she is “a committed European”.
The president-elect mostly targets what she calls the EU’s growing militarisation, denouncing the “military-industrial complex in Germany” and even drawing parallels with the 1930s.
She said there were “many things to be worried about with Frau von der Leyen” and accused the Commissioner of standing “shoulder to shoulder” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
While she “utterly condemned” Hamas as a terrorist organisation, Connolly drew criticism after saying that the group is still part of Palestinian civil society.
Asked about Russia’s war against Ukraine, Connolly called for a peace agreement and backed the EU’s sanctions against Moscow. …
Ireland elects hard-left EU critic Catherine Connolly as next president | Euractiv
Ireland elects hard-left EU critic Catherine Connolly as next president …
Euractiv
Connolly has described the EU as neoliberal and undemocratic, but insists she is “a committed European”