he President of the European Commission has been outlining details of a €300billion three hundred billion euro investment plan for the EU. Jean Claude Juncker this morning gave the European Parliament more details of the EU investment fund.  The European Commission’s investment plan proposes leveraging €21billion EU monies to generate a €315 billion investment boost for the EU. It’s supposed to boost European economies and create job opportunities. The Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes gave his views on the proposals.

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The visit of Pope Francis to the European Parliament yesterday shows how far the peace process has progressed in Northern Ireland. That’s the view of the Sinn Fein MEP Liadh ni Riada. She was referring to the last visit of a Pope to the European Parliament. Back in 1988 Pope John Paul the second addressed MEPs in Strasbourg. But he was heckled by the late Reverend Ian Paisley who was an MEP at the time.

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Interview with Mairead McGuinness on EU investment funds and potential to use them to develop a nationwide rollout of cycle and walkways. Relates to 2 previous stories filed on this.

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