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On 5 August 2017, Varadkar bragged at a "pride" event that it was "only a matter of time" before homosexual "marriage" was legalised in Northern Ireland. As of 2017, the province was the only part of the UK in which same-sex "marriage" was still illegal.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2017/08/07/irish-pm-matter-time-n-ireland-gay-marriage/ Irish PM: ‘Matter of Time’ for N. Ireland and Gay Marriage]</ref>
On 5 August 2017, Varadkar bragged at a "pride" event that it was "only a matter of time" before homosexual "marriage" was legalised in Northern Ireland. As of 2017, the province was the only part of the UK in which same-sex "marriage" was still illegal.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2017/08/07/irish-pm-matter-time-n-ireland-gay-marriage/ Irish PM: ‘Matter of Time’ for N. Ireland and Gay Marriage]</ref>
On 2 July 2018, Varadkar wrongly claimed that the problem facing Europe was not the rise in immigration, but rather the resistance to said immigration with the rise of [[populism]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/07/02/irish-pm-eu-crisis-patriotic-migration/ Irish PM: Crisis Facing Europe Not Mass Migration But Rise of Patriotic Parties]</ref>
On 16 January 2020, Leo Varadkar launched Fine Gael's latest economic plan. Varadkar promised higher wages, tax cuts on average wages and the creation of 200k new jobs by 2025.<ref>[https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/national/18165761.taoiseach-pledges-tax-cuts-higher-wages-end-boom-bust-economics/ Taoiseach pledges tax cuts, higher wages and an end to ‘boom to bust’ economics]</ref>
On 16 January 2020, Leo Varadkar launched Fine Gael's latest economic plan. Varadkar promised higher wages, tax cuts on average wages and the creation of 200k new jobs by 2025.<ref>[https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/national/18165761.taoiseach-pledges-tax-cuts-higher-wages-end-boom-bust-economics/ Taoiseach pledges tax cuts, higher wages and an end to ‘boom to bust’ economics]</ref>
Leo Varadkar said on 10 May 2023 that he believed that a government led by [[Sinn Fein]], a terrorist 'political party' and hate group who form the political wing of the [[IRA]], would "make [Ireland] poorer, less secure and less influential in the world". However, he also used this stance to attack Brexit.<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KU9wogujNgkJ:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/10/sinn-fein-power-worse-brexit-ireland-pm-leo-varadkar/&hl=en&gl=uk&strip=1&vwsrc=0 Sinn Fein gaining power would be worse than Brexit, says Irish PM]</ref>
Leo Varadkar said on 10 May 2023 that he believed that a government led by [[Sinn Fein]], a terrorist 'political party' and hate group who form the political wing of the [[IRA]], would "make [Ireland] poorer, less secure and less influential in the world". However, he also used this stance to attack Brexit.<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KU9wogujNgkJ:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/10/sinn-fein-power-worse-brexit-ireland-pm-leo-varadkar/&hl=en&gl=uk&strip=1&vwsrc=0 Sinn Fein gaining power would be worse than Brexit, says Irish PM]</ref>
== Views and policy ==
== Views and policy ==
Despite Fine Gael's claims to be a "conservative party", there is little, beyond moderate [[fiscal conservatism]], about Varadkar's political ideology that can be called conservative. He is blatantly liberal; in 2018, he called a referendum on the legalization of [[Abortion|killing unborn children]] in Ireland, in which the anti-life side won. He also supports [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>https://cassandravoices.com/politics/leo-liberal/</ref>
Despite Fine Gael's claims to be a "conservative party", there is little, beyond moderate [[fiscal conservatism]], about Varadkar's political ideology that can be called conservative. He is blatantly liberal; in 2018, he called a referendum on the legalization of [[Abortion|killing unborn children]] in Ireland, in which the anti-life side won. He also supports [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>https://cassandravoices.com/politics/leo-liberal/</ref>