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Madam, - Proinsias De Rossa MEP (June 25th) is wrong to imply that I misquoted him when I wrote (June 20th) that his "suggestion ( The Irish Times, June 18th) that Ireland should question whether it should stay in the EU, or form a new relationship with it, similar to Norway's, deserves strong criticism".