UUP MEP hopes Paisley/McGuinness trip to the USA will be more successful than their dealings so far over a Financial Package, or with Europe
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has said he hopes that the First and Deputy First Minister’s trip this week to the USA is more successful than the duos dealings so far with Europe or with the Prime Minister over securing a financial package for Northern Ireland.
Speaking from Brussels Mr Nicholson said,
“The First and Deputy First Minister’s visit to the US is to be welcomed but my only hope is that more is achieved on this visit than been has achieved so far in their dealings with the Prime Minister on a financial package or with Europe in their efforts to deliver improved European financial support. These two areas still require the First and Deputy First Minister’s attention because as of yet they remain unresolved.
“Northern Ireland will seriously lose out on any extra European funding because the First and Deputy First Minister’s case has not been made forcefully enough by them in Brussels. They still haven’t managed to visit Brussels despite being in office for over 6 months. The financial package promised by the DUP and Sinn Fein has yet to materialise, despite strong assurances that it would. It should not be brushed under the carpet and forgotten about.”