{"id":2709,"date":"2019-05-13T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2022-03-02T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T11:32:44","slug":"does-the-eu-send-ni-e500m-annually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/europe\/does-the-eu-send-ni-e500m-annually\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the EU send NI \u20ac500m annually?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The \u20ac500 million figure quoted by the SDLP is substantiated by European Commission figures for EU regional funding of Northern Ireland. However, this is not a \u2018net\u2019 figure and does not take into account Northern Ireland\u2019s proportion of the UK\u2019s contribution to the EU. A more complete statement would be to say that Northern Ireland receives \u20ac55\/\u00a345 million more than we pay to the EU.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n