# More EU peace money possible

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/06/26/more-eu-peace-money-possible/
- Published: 2011-06-26T19:33:36+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The European commissioner for regional policy has said he will do everything in 
his power to ensure Northern Ireland gets more peace money.

 

Johannes Hahn was speaking after a meeting with the first and deputy first ministers
at the opening of the new bridge over the River Foyle in Derry. The money for the
bridge came from the nearly £300 million Peace 3 programme.

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Commissioner Hahn said he would work towards making more money available. “I will
do everything to make sure that the money will be available in the future,” Mr Hahn
told the BBC.

 

Mr Hahn suggested that the British government may be an obstacle to securing more
peace money because “it is not in favour of spending a lot of money on European 
projects”.

 

“We hope that at the end of the day we will find a positive solution so that all
these projects can continue and further contribute to the development of the region,”
he added.

 

Peace 3 follows Peace 1 and 2 which were set up to support the peace process after
the paramilitary ceasefires of 1994. Peace funding is given to a wide range of social
and economic projects in Northern Ireland and the border counties.

 

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