Editing Sinn Féin (section)

==Ideology and policies==
Sinn Féin is an [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]], [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] and [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] party.{{sfn|Rafter|2005|page=219}} In the [[European Parliament]], the party aligns itself with [[The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL|The Left in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL]] parliamentary group. Categorised as "populist socialist" in literature,<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Giorgos |last1=Charalambous |first2=Iasonas |last2=Lamprianou |title=Societal Responses to the Post-2008 Economic Crisis among South European and Irish Radical Left Parties: Continuity or Change and Why? |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |journal=[[Government and Opposition]] |year=2016 |doi=10.1017/gov.2014.35<!-- |pages=61-293--> |page=269 |volume=51 |issue=2|doi-access=free }} "It has been rightly categorized by the relevant literature as populist socialist".</ref><ref name="Suiter 2018">{{cite journal |author1= [[Jane Suiter]] |last2=Culloty |first2=Eileen |last3=Greene|first3=Derek |last4=Siapera |first4=Eugenia |date=23 May 2018 |title=Hybrid media and populist currents in Ireland's 2016 General Election |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07907184.2021.1976975 |journal=European Journal of Communication |volume=1 |issue=17 |pages= 396–412|doi=10.1177/0267323118775297 |s2cid=149791068 |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref> in 2014 leading party strategist and ideologue [[Eoin Ó Broin]] described Sinn Féin's entire political project as unashamedly populist.{{sfn|Suiter|2016|page=131}} The party has been classed as [[left-wing nationalist]] and [[left-wing populist]] in academia, noting that while Sinn Féin engages in the "us vs them" dynamic of populism, it does so by engaging in the language of "the people vs elites" without resorting to using anti-immigrant rhetoric.<ref name="Suiter 2018"/><ref name="O'Malley Populism non-reaction">{{cite book |last1=O’Malley |first1=Eoin |last2=FitzGibbon |first2=John |date= 15 September 2014|title=European Populism in the Shadow of the Great Recession |chapter=Everywhere and nowhere: Populism and the puzzling non-reaction to Ireland’s crises |ssrn=2496354 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2496354 |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Populist Wave">{{cite journal |last1=Quinlan |first1=Stephen |last2=Tinney |first2=Deirdre |date=25 June 2019 |title=A Populist Wave or Metamorphosis of a Chameleon? Populist Attitudes and the Vote in 2016 in the United States and Ireland |url=https://www.esr.ie/article/view/1183 |journal=The Economic and Social Review |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=281–323 |doi= |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref>

=== Social and cultural ===
Sinn Féin's main political goal is a [[united Ireland]]. Other key policies from their most recent election manifesto are listed below:
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* The 18 [[List of MPs for constituencies in Northern Ireland (2024-present)|Northern Ireland MPs]] who sit or have sat in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] to be allowed to sit in Dáil Éireann as full Deputies as well<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1885812.stm |title=Sinn Féin lobbies for Northern Ireland MPs to sit in Dáil Éireann |work=[[BBC News]] |date=21 March 2002 |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030225234757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1885812.stm |archive-date=25 February 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Ending academic selection within the education system<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/secret-sinn-fein-document-in-full-13876004.html |title=Secret Sinn Fein document in full |date=16 April 2008 |newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |issn=0307-5664 |location=Belfast |language=en |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723083826/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/secret-sinn-fein-document-in-full-13876004.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 July 2012}}</ref>
* Diplomatic pressure to close [[Sellafield]] nuclear reprocessing plant (in Britain)
* A draft Irish Language Bill for Northern Ireland (''[[Acht na Gaeilge]]''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sinnfein.ie/gaelic/policies/document/166 |title=Ag cur Gaeilge ar ais i mbhéal an phobail |trans-title=Putting Irish back into the public's mouth |date=2004 |work=Sinn Féin |language=Irish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520071021/http://www.sinnfein.ie/gaelic/policies/document/166 |archive-date=20 May 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 May 2015}} (see {{cite web |url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ga&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20040520071021%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinnfein.ie%2Fgaelic%2Fpolicies%2Fdocument%2F166&edit-text=&act=url |title=machine translated version |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530210910/https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ga&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20040520071021%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinnfein.ie%2Fgaelic%2Fpolicies%2Fdocument%2F166&edit-text=&act=url |archive-date=30 May 2015}})</ref> a Bill that would give the [[Irish language]] the same status that the [[Welsh language]] has in Wales
* The "[[Plastic bag tax|plastic bag levy]]" to be extended to Northern Ireland
* To further Irish-language teaching in Northern Ireland
* [[Same-sex marriage]] to be extended to Northern Ireland<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cumann |first1=Martin Hurson |title=174 |url=http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/26286 |work=Sinn Féin |access-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215055347/http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/26286 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |url-status=live |quote=This Ard Fheis reaffirms its support of equality in all of its forms and reaffirms its support for the LGBT community and commends the work of local councillors and party members throughout both the 26- and Six-County states for pushing for the extension of full marriage rights to the LGBT Community and An Phoblacht for its continued coverage of these important issues.}}</ref> (It was subsequently legalised via an Act of the UK Parliament in 2019.)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coulter |first1=Peter |title=Same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276 |access-date=9 February 2020 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=13 January 2020 |archive-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209163210/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51086276 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Passing a ban on [[conversion therapy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sinn Féin committed to seeing true LGBTQI+ equality achieved – Mary Lou McDonald TD |url=https://vote.sinnfein.ie/sinn-fein-committed-to-seeing-true-lgbtqi-equality-achieved-mary-lou-mcdonald-td/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=sinnfein.ie |date=28 June 2020 |archive-date=6 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306023548/https://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/57257 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* A pay cap for Sinn Féin TDs tied to the "average industrial wage".<ref>{{cite web |website=businessplus.ie |access-date=18 October 2024 |url=https://businessplus.ie/news/sinn-fein-wage/ |title=Sinn Féin ends fiction of 'average wage' pay cap for their Dáil deputies |date=15 January 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sf-made-exceptions-on-average-industrial-wage-policy-to-allow-some-tds-to-draw-full-salary-claims-toibin/38905914.html |title=SF made 'exceptions' on average industrial wage policy to allow some TDS to draw full salary, claims Tóibín |date=29 January 2020 |access-date=18 October 2024 |first=Philip |last=Ryan |work=Independent.ie }}</ref>
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Sinn Féin believes in immigration, both to fill up vacancies in employment, if the system can properly integrate new immigrants and has the resources to do so, and also to "protect people fleeing persecution and war", but not in "[[open border]]s". The party also believes in faster application processing times for refugees, and in abolishing the [[direct provision]] system.<ref name="SF-GE2020-Manifesto">{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Giving Workers and Families a Break |url=https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2020/SF_GE2020_Manifesto.pdf |publisher=Sinn Féin |page=70 |access-date=18 September 2020 |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905090954/https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2020/SF_GE2020_Manifesto.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Economy ===
At the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 election]] in the Republic of Ireland,<ref name="SF-GE2020-Manifesto" /> Sinn Féin committed to:
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* 100,000 social and affordable homes over 5 years, along with a ban on rent increases for three years and a tax credit worth up to one month's rent
* Tapering out tax credits for workers earning over €120,000
* Investing €75 million into creating a Worker Co-operative development fund
* Abolishing [[Universal Social Charge]] (USC) for workers earning less than €30,000
* Establishing a state owned childcare service
* Establishment of a government fund to aid small and medium enterprises
* An "all-Ireland" economy with a common currency and one tax
* Abolishing Property Tax
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As of January 2022, Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland have committed to:

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* 100,000 social and affordable homes over 15 years, plus passing a new Private Tenancies Bill. 
* Abolishing VAT on fuel and energy-related goods
* Freezing domestic and commercial rates (outlined by Finance Minister [[Conor Murphy]] in the Northern Irish government's 2022/25 budget)
* Capping costs of school uniforms and providing Free School Meal payments outside of term time
* £55 million to assist households with rises in energy bills
* Standardising the minimum wage across all age groups, and introducing a living wage
* Banning zero-hour contracts
* Introducing a "[[right to disconnect]]" from work 
* One month's free childcare for unemployed/low income parents through the Advisory Discretionary Fund
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=== Health ===
At the 2020 election in the Republic of Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2020/SF_GE2020_Manifesto.pdf |title=Giving Workers and Families a Break |date=2020 |work=Sinn Féin |language=en |access-date=18 September 2020 |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905090954/https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2020/SF_GE2020_Manifesto.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Sinn Féin committed to:
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* An "All-Ireland-Health-Service" akin to the [[National Health Service]] of the United Kingdom
* Cap on consultants' pay
* Abolishment of prescription charges for medical card patients
* Expansion of primary care centres
* Gradual removal of subsidies of private practice in public hospitals and the introduction of a charge for practitioners for the use of public equipment and staff in their private practice
* Free breast screening (to check for breast cancer) of all women over forty<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0215/1224289832643.html |title=SF plans free GP and hospital care |date=15 February 2011 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=14 July 2011 |first=Eithne |last=Donnellan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101201408/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0215/1224289832643.html |archive-date=1 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==== Abortion ====
[[File:Members of Sinn Féin campaign to repeal abortion ban 2018.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Members of Sinn Féin calling for a Yes vote in the [[Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|2018 referendum on abortion in Ireland]]]]
Until at least 2007, the party was not in favour of the extension of legalised abortion (British 1967 Act) to Northern Ireland; Assembly member [[John O'Dowd]] said that they were "opposed to the attitudes and forces in society, which pressurise women to have abortions, and criminalise those who make this decision", adding that "in cases of rape, incest or sexual abuse, or where a woman's life and health is at risk or in grave danger, we accept that the final decision must rest with the woman."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sinn Féin on the Assembly debate on Abortion |publisher=Sinn Féin |date=22 October 2007 |url=http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/21360 |access-date=14 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025033401/http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/21360 |archive-date=25 October 2007}}</ref> It voted for the [[Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013]], which allowed for termination in cases where a pregnancy endangered a woman's life.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Connell |first1=Hugh |title=What exactly is Sinn Féin's policy on abortion? |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-abortion-policy-1971952-Mar2015/ |work=The Journal |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817172322/https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-abortion-policy-1971952-Mar2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It voted to support termination, in those limited circumstances, at the 2015 {{lang|ga|Ard Fheis}}, but stopped short of supporting abortion on demand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Henry |title=Sinn Féin drops opposition to abortion at Derry congress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/07/sinn-fein-drops-opposition-to-abortion-at-derry-congress |access-date=30 May 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401004237/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/07/sinn-fein-drops-opposition-to-abortion-at-derry-congress |archive-date=1 April 2015 |url-status=live |quote=The party voted this weekend to support terminations in limited cases, such as pregnant women with fatal foetal abnormalities.}}</ref> In the [[Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|2018 Irish abortion referendum]], the party campaigned for a "Yes" vote, while remaining opposed to abortion without restriction up to 12 weeks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Fiach |title=Sinn Féin unlikely to change position on abortion before referendum |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/sinn-f%C3%A9in-unlikely-to-change-position-on-abortion-before-referendum-1.3419544 |date=8 March 2018 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109024042/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/sinn-f%C3%A9in-unlikely-to-change-position-on-abortion-before-referendum-1.3419544 |url-status=live }}</ref> At its {{lang|ga|Ard Fheis}} in June 2018, the month after the "yes" vote in the abortion referendum, the party committed itself to supporting abortion, including without restriction up to 12 weeks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCormack |first1=Jayne |title=Sinn Féin votes to change abortion policy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-44507054 |work=BBC |date=16 June 2018 |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817172322/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-44507054 |url-status=live }}</ref> This allowed it not only to support abortion legislation in the Republic, but also to campaign for provision of abortion in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sinn Féin votes to liberalise abortion law in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/16/sinn-fein-votes-to-liberalise-abortion-law-in-northern-ireland |work=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |date=16 June 2018 |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817172322/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/16/sinn-fein-votes-to-liberalise-abortion-law-in-northern-ireland |url-status=live }}</ref> Sinn Féin TD [[Peadar Tóibín]], who was suspended from the party for voting against abortion legislation, left to form a new party: [[Aontú]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/peadar-toibin-announces-resignation-from-sinn-fein-885583.html |title=Peadar Tóibín announces resignation from Sinn Féin |date=15 November 2018 |newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]] |issn=1393-9564 |location=Cork |language=en-ie |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221195858/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/peadar-toibin-announces-resignation-from-sinn-fein-885583.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Sinn Féin have been accused of hypocrisy over their positions on abortion in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Aoife |date=2021-03-16 |title=Aoife Moore: The tale of two Sinn Féins |author-link=Aoife Moore |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40245716.html |newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]] |issn=1393-9564 |location=Cork |language=en-ie |access-date=2021-07-20 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720195727/https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40245716.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Sinn Féin abstained on a Stormont vote on restricting abortion access in the case of fetal abnormalities or disabilities, attracting criticism from both [[anti-abortion]] and pro-choice groups, with the [[Abortion Rights Campaign]] saying they "let down abortion seekers"<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-03-16 |title=Press release: Sinn Fein lets down abortion seekers and activists by abstaining on DUP vote to restrict abortion access in Stormont |url=https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/2021/03/16/press-release-sinn-fein-lets-down-abortion-seekers-and-activists-by-abstaining-on-dup-vote-to-restrict-abortion-access-in-stormont/ |access-date=2021-07-20 |website=Abortion Rights Campaign |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720195725/https://www.abortionrightscampaign.ie/2021/03/16/press-release-sinn-fein-lets-down-abortion-seekers-and-activists-by-abstaining-on-dup-vote-to-restrict-abortion-access-in-stormont/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Eamonn McCann]] accusing them of being "impaled on the fence on the issue", but with anti-abortion politicians such as [[Peadar Tóibín]] accusing them of "speaking out of both sides of their mouth" on the issue.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moriarty |first=Gerry |title=Sinn Féin accused of speaking 'out of both sides of their mouth' on abortion |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/sinn-f%C3%A9in-accused-of-speaking-out-of-both-sides-of-their-mouth-on-abortion-1.4512180 |access-date=2021-07-20 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316233753/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/sinn-f%C3%A9in-accused-of-speaking-out-of-both-sides-of-their-mouth-on-abortion-1.4512180 |url-status=live}}</ref> Later in the year, [[Amnesty International]] made a public statement calling on the party to "support full abortion rights across the island of Ireland".<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Sullivan |first=Kate |date=2020-06-02 |title=Sinn Féin, support full abortion rights across the island of Ireland |url=https://www.amnesty.ie/sinn-fein-abortion-rights-ireland/ |access-date=2021-07-20 |website=Amnesty International Ireland |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203554/https://www.amnesty.ie/sinn-fein-abortion-rights-ireland/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Transgender health care====

Historically the party has supported access to gender affirming healthcare for transgender individuals. However in 2024 after the UK's Conservative Party enacted a ban on puberty blockers following the [[Cass Review]], Sinn Féin allowed the ban to be extended to Northern Ireland, closing what some considered a "loophole" regarding access to such treatments in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Irish Independent |url= https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/sinn-fein-criticised-for-backing-uk-puberty-blocker-ban-as-hse-announces-review-of-move/a303206876.html |title= Sinn Féin criticised for backing UK puberty blocker ban — as HSE announces review of move}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |work=BBC |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15g7e5451zo.amp |title= Protests held as puberty blocker ban extended to NI}}</ref>

=== International relations ===
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Sinn Féin has longstanding fraternal ties with the [[African National Congress]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/anc-comrade-mcguinness-was-trusted-ally-south-african-people-during-apartheid-730664 |title=ANC: Comrade McGuinness was a trusted ally of the South African people during apartheid |website=www.derryjournal.com |date=24 March 2017 |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721150217/https://www.derryjournal.com/news/anc-comrade-mcguinness-was-trusted-ally-south-african-people-during-apartheid-730664 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was described by [[Nelson Mandela]] as an "old friend and ally in the anti-apartheid struggle".<ref>Agnès Maillot, New Sinn Féin: Irish Republicanism in the Twenty-First Century p 131.</ref> Sinn Féin supports the independence of [[Catalonia]] from Spain,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/catalan-independence-ireland-3669418-Oct2017/ |title=Sinn Féin calls on Irish government to recognise Catalan independence |last=Hennessy |first=Michelle |website=TheJournal.ie |date=28 October 2017 |language=en |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172944/https://www.thejournal.ie/catalan-independence-ireland-3669418-Oct2017/ |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Palestine]] in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-dail-recall-gaza-1589217-Jul2014/ |title=Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil want to call TDs back from their holidays to talk about Gaza |publisher=thejournal.ie |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=20 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820211311/http://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-dail-recall-gaza-1589217-Jul2014/ |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the right to self-determination regarding independence of the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]] from Spain and France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sinnfein.ie/international-affairs |title=Sinn Féin website, International Department |publisher=Sinnfein.ie |access-date=20 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410052631/http://www.sinnfein.ie/international-affairs |archive-date=10 April 2010}}</ref> Sinn Féin opposes the [[United States embargo against Cuba]] and has called for a normalization of relations between the two countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/adams-wants-end-to-cuban-sanctions-1.342615 |title=Adams wants end to Cuban sanctions |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=29 July 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127234935/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/adams-wants-end-to-cuban-sanctions-1.342615 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, the Sinn Féin party president, [[Gerry Adams]] was invited by the Cuban government to attend the state funeral of [[Fidel Castro]] whom Adams described as a "freedom fighter" and a "friend of Ireland's struggle".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/sinn-f%C3%A9ins-gerry-adams-%E2%80%98fidel-castro-hero-and-friend-ireland%E2%80%99 |title=Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams: 'Fidel Castro a hero and friend of Ireland' |date=6 December 2016 |website=Green Left |access-date=29 July 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807071622/https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/sinn-f%C3%A9ins-gerry-adams-%E2%80%98fidel-castro-hero-and-friend-ireland%E2%80%99 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sinn Féin is opposed to [[NATO]] membership.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2018/AOS_Neutrality_Doc_Final.pdf |title=Defending Irish Neutrality – an alternative to the approach of the Irish Government |date=April 2018 |website=Sinn Féin |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817084619/https://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2018/AOS_Neutrality_Doc_Final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=sinnfeinireland |number=1115700170266685446 |title=A Sinn Féin Govt would; Hold a referendum to enshrine neutrality in the Irish constitution. Stop the US Military from transporting military equipment through Shannon Airport. Oppose a European Army & end Ireland's participation in EU Battle Groups/NATO's Partnership for Peace |date=9 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sinnfein.org/releases/97dailmanifesto/n.html |title=1997 Dail Manifesto: Neutrality |date=1997 |website=Sinn Féin |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=7 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907232146/http://www.sinnfein.org/releases/97dailmanifesto/n.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== European Union ====
Historically, Sinn Féin has been considered to be [[Euroscepticism|Eurosceptic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/17a7879a-3210-11e0-a820-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2TFbh6mV3 |title=Sinn Féin set to capitalise on Irish discontent |author=John Murray Brown |date=6 February 2011 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |location=London |access-date=14 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520165115/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/17a7879a-3210-11e0-a820-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2TFbh6mV3 |archive-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8214000/8214446.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Groups in the European Parliament |date=31 May 2011 |access-date=14 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511052449/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_8214000/8214446.stm |archive-date=11 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The party campaigned for a "No" vote in the Irish [[Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|referendum]] on joining the [[European Economic Community]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=If You Believe in a Prosperous And Independent Ireland ... Vote No |url=http://irishelectionliterature.com/2013/11/18/if-you-believe-in-a-prosperous-and-independent-ireland-vote-no-sinn-fein-1972-referendum-on-eec/ |website=Irish Election Literature |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204011401/http://irishelectionliterature.com/2013/11/18/if-you-believe-in-a-prosperous-and-independent-ireland-vote-no-sinn-fein-1972-referendum-on-eec/ |archive-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |date=18 November 2013}}</ref> Sinn Féin was on the same side of the debate as the DUP and most of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP) in that they wanted to pull out when UK had its referendum in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nicholas |last=Whyte |url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fref70s.htm |title=The Referendums of 1973 and 1975 |publisher=Ark.ac.uk |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017003823/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fref70s.htm |archive-date=17 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The party was critical of the supposed need for an [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe|EU constitution]] as proposed in 2002,<ref name="Holmes2005">{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Holmes |title=Ireland and the European Union: Nice, Enlargement and the Future of Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DncQ0PBp17oC&pg=PA163 |date=29 November 2005 |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |isbn=978-0-7190-7173-7 |page=163 |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529153724/https://books.google.com/books?id=DncQ0PBp17oC&pg=PA163 |archive-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and urged a "No" vote in the 2008 referendum on the [[Treaty of Lisbon|Lisbon Treaty]], although Mary Lou McDonald said that there was "no contradiction in being pro-Europe, but anti-treaty".<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Doherty |first1=Caroline |title=Sinn Féin urges treaty no vote in newsletter blitz |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2008/0206/world/sinn-fein-urges-treaty-no-vote-in-newsletter-blitz-54519.html |access-date=29 January 2016 |date=26 May 2008 |newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]] |issn=1393-9564 |location=Cork |language=en-ie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203182436/http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2008/0206/world/sinn-fein-urges-treaty-no-vote-in-newsletter-blitz-54519.html |archive-date=3 February 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> In its manifesto for the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 UK general election]], Sinn Féin pledged that the party would campaign for the UK to stay within the [[European Union]] (EU), with Martin McGuinness saying that an exit "would be absolutely economically disastrous". Gerry Adams said that, if there were to be a referendum on the question, there ought to be a separate and binding referendum for Northern Ireland.<ref name="Irish Times EU">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sf-says-north-should-be-able-stay-in-eu-in-a-brexit-1.2182397 |last1=Moriarty |first1=Gerry |title=SF says North should be able stay in EU in a Brexit |date=20 April 2015 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102709/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sf-says-north-should-be-able-stay-in-eu-in-a-brexit-1.2182397 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its policy of a "Europe of Equals", and its critical engagement after 2001, together with its engagement with the [[European Parliament]], marks a change from the party's previous opposition to the EU. The party expresses, on one hand, "support for Europe-wide measures that promote and enhance human rights, equality and the [[United Ireland|all-Ireland agenda]]", and on the other a "principled opposition" to a [[European Federation|European superstate]].{{sfn|Bean|2008|page=171}} This has led political commentators to define the party as [[soft Euroscepticism|soft Eurosceptic]] since the 21st century.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCNXWu1oELEC&dq=Sinn+Fein+soft+Eurosceptic&pg=PA186 |chapter=Irish Euroscepticism |first=Karin |last=Gilland |title=Euroscepticism: Party Politics, National Identity and European Integration |page=186 |isbn=9789042011687 |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Harmsen |editor2-first=Menno |editor2-last=Spiering |publisher=Rodopi |place=Amsterdam |date=2004 |via=Google Books |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192039/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XCNXWu1oELEC&pg=PA186&dq=Sinn+Fein+soft+Eurosceptic&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj74M7D-N3gAhXm1uAKHT00ByAQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Sinn%20Fein%20soft%20Eurosceptic&f=false |archive-date=28 February 2019}}</ref>

Since moving to this "soft Euroscepticism" position, Sinn Féin support a policy of "critical engagement with the EU", and have a "principled opposition" to a [[European superstate]]. It opposes an [[EU constitution]] because it would reduce the [[sovereignty]] of the member-states.<ref>{{cite web |first=Arthur |last=Beesley |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sinn-fein-to-ask-voters-to-reject-eu-superstate-constitution-1.366224 |title=Sinn Fein to ask voters to reject EU 'superstate' constitution |date=16 July 2003 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909235922/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sinn-fein-to-ask-voters-to-reject-eu-superstate-constitution-1.366224 |archive-date=9 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sf-opposes-creation-of-eu-superstate-1.980943 |title=SF opposes creation of EU 'superstate' |date=1 June 2004 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004111407/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sf-opposes-creation-of-eu-superstate-1.980943 |url-status=live }}</ref> It also critiques the EU on grounds of [[neoliberalism]]. Sinn Féin [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Matt Carthy]] says that the "European Union must become a cooperative union of nation states committed to working together on issues such as climate change, migration, trade, and using our common strengths to improve the lives of citizens. If it does not, EU disintegration becomes a real possibility."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mattcarthy.ie/eu-must-change-direction-or-risk-disintegration/ |title=EU must change direction or risk disintegration |publisher=Matt Carthy |date=27 April 2017 |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909234309/http://www.mattcarthy.ie/eu-must-change-direction-or-risk-disintegration/ |archive-date=9 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The party supported continued UK membership of the [[European Union]] in the UK's [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 EU referendum]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Sinn Fein to spell out Brexit opposition to Theresa May |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-to-spell-out-brexit-opposition-to-theresa-may-35548291.html |date=20 March 2017|newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |issn=0307-5664 |location=Belfast |language=en |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174113/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-to-spell-out-brexit-opposition-to-theresa-may-35548291.html |archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in April 2022, Mary Lou McDonald said in the Dáil that "We strongly support the Ukrainian people's stated desire to join the European Union".<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date= |title=LIVE: Ukrainian President Zelenskiy addresses Irish parliament |trans-title= |type=video |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwdqhb0Ju_c&ab_channel=Reuters |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407052759/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwdqhb0Ju_c&ab_channel=Reuters |archive-date=7 April 2022 |format= |time=44:00 |location= |publisher=[[Reuters]] |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |url-status=live }}</ref>