Word: sutherland
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...Peter Sutherland, now chair of the Allied Irish Bank and former Attorney General of Ireland, told three press members at the Kennedy School yesterday that the changes sweeping both halves of Europe were vital for a stable future...
...There have been two great political events over the last 15 years," said Sutherland, former Commissioner of the European Community said. "One of them is '1992'...The other is recent happenings in Eastern Europe...Neither of them can fail without damaging the other, and U.S. support for both is crucial...
Critics have charged that the move will close European markets to foreign firms. But Sutherland said "the debate and discussion about a 'fortress Europe' has been largely generated on this side of the Atlantic...
...Europe doesn't have the option of becoming a fortress because of its dependence on trade," Sutherland said. "If it does, it will be the result of U.S. protectionism rather than the other way around...
...Sutherland also addressed the Irish political situation, saying the unreconciled differences between Catholic and Protestant interests in his native country were "a significant failure" of the European Community...