Quote:It has helped with economic stability but its role in the resolving of the peace process and the ending of the Troubles is quite small in comparison with everyone else involved.Outside of funding the EU did next to nothing.

Yeah, reading back my comment now I realize I phrased my argument really poorly. My general point is that the contributions of the EU to the Northern Irish economy helped create a (relatively) stable community after the Good Friday agreement which the EU admittedly had little to do with. IMO that stability is a large reason why the region has seen much less violence over the past two decades. 

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