does not interfere in election and set a global gold standard for preventing election interference. Opponents argue that the amendment would send a message to other foreign countries that the U.S. agencies from “hacking foreign political parties engaging in the hacking or manipulation of foreign electoral systems or sponsoring or promoting media outside the United States that favors one candidate or party over another.” Proponents of election interference helps keep hostile leaders and political parties out of power. intelligence agencies from receiving funding that could be used to interfere in the elections of foreign governments. Representative Ro Khanna introduced an amendment that would have prevented U.S. Levin concluded that the country intervening in most foreign elections was the United States with 81 interventions, followed by Russia (including the former Soviet Union) with 36 interventions from 1946 to 2000. Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections?įoreign electoral interventions are attempts by governments, covertly or overtly, to influence elections in another country. Accordingly, the Joint Committee recommend that the Dáil and Seanad debate the matter of neutrality with a view to the holding of a Referendum so that the will of the people can be determined. In 2013–16 the committee held discussions with the petitioners, government members, the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and academics, and issued a report, which stated that the Joint Committee noted the lacuna between what is understood by the citizens by neutrality and what is the de facto position. An early petition sought clarification of government policy in relation to the use of Irish airspace by foreign military aircraft. In 2012, the Oireachtas established a joint committee to review petitions submitted by the public on the matter.
The nature of Irish neutrality has varied over time, and has been contested since the 1970s. Ireland has been neutral in international relations since the 1930s.
Should Ireland end its traditional policy of military neutrality?