{"id":465051,"date":"2026-05-24T17:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465051\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:13:11","slug":"micheal-martin-irelands-eu-presidency-to-focus-on-security-and-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465051\/","title":{"rendered":"Miche\u00e1l Martin: Ireland&#8217;s EU presidency to focus on security and competitiveness\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin has said security and competitiveness will be a &#8220;key focus&#8221; of Ireland&#8217;s presidency of the Council of the EU following talks with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Martin said collectively they will \u201cwork to advance the One Europe One Market roadmap, [which] aims to secure a step change in Europe\u2019s economic performance\u201d, deepening the single market and driving AI transformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cCompetitiveness will be a key focus for us. Without a strong and competitive economy, Europe will not be able to improve the living standards of the people we represent,\u201d said Mr Martin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He said the Government is committed to \u201cworking for agreement on the union\u2019s future budget by the end of the year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis will inevitably be a complex task, as we seek to mobilise the budget in support of new priorities, including security and competitiveness, while recognising the enduring importance of established spending in agriculture, and food production, all at a time of significant economic challenge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe are committed to giving this our best shot,\u201d said Mr Martin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin has said security and competitiveness will be a &#8220;key focus&#8221; of Ireland&#8217;s presidency of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,1843,43],"class_list":["post-465051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-micheal-martin","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}