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The President of the European Parliament has said the EU will examine helping to create a conflict transformation centre at the Maze.The President of the European Parliament has said the EU will examine helping to create a conflict transformation centre at the Maze.
Hans-Gert Pöttering discussed the idea with the first and deputy first ministers in Stormont during a visit to Northern Ireland.Hans-Gert Pöttering discussed the idea with the first and deputy first ministers in Stormont during a visit to Northern Ireland.
He said he would raise the matter with colleagues in the European Parliament.He said he would raise the matter with colleagues in the European Parliament.
"It is very useful to have a centre where you study the development of the reconciliation process," he said."It is very useful to have a centre where you study the development of the reconciliation process," he said.
"We should learn from history, from the good developments, from the bad development."We should learn from history, from the good developments, from the bad development.
"We should give the lessons we take from history to future generations and I would welcome the building of such a centre.""We should give the lessons we take from history to future generations and I would welcome the building of such a centre."
The Maze, also called Long Kesh, near Lisburn in County Antrim, was the site of Northern Ireland's highest security jail during the Troubles.The Maze, also called Long Kesh, near Lisburn in County Antrim, was the site of Northern Ireland's highest security jail during the Troubles.
Tour The Maze housed thousands of paramilitary prisoners
It housed paramilitary inmates from across the community divide and was the backdrop for some of its major events, including the hunger strikes and a mass break-out by IRA prisoners.It housed paramilitary inmates from across the community divide and was the backdrop for some of its major events, including the hunger strikes and a mass break-out by IRA prisoners.
After the last inmate left, the site was given to the Northern Ireland Assembly for community use.After the last inmate left, the site was given to the Northern Ireland Assembly for community use.
It has been picked as a possible national stadium site, but some unionists opposed this over plans for a conflict transformation centre at the stadium.It has been picked as a possible national stadium site, but some unionists opposed this over plans for a conflict transformation centre at the stadium.
They have said that they do not want it to become a "shrine to terrorism".They have said that they do not want it to become a "shrine to terrorism".
President Pöttering arrived in Northern Ireland on Sunday and addressed members of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday.President Pöttering arrived in Northern Ireland on Sunday and addressed members of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday.
During his speech he extended his sympathies to the families of the four police officers who died in a car accident at the weekend. Mr Pottering said local parties were cooperating on the basis of reconciliation and European values.
He is due to visit a number of projects later. "The European Parliament will always be part of this peace process... Which has been applied on the continent between Germany and France after the Second World War," he added.
Mr McGuinness said: "We had a wide-ranging discussion with him... and how we can contribute to the whole issue of conflict resolution with the establishment of the conflict resolution centre.
"We are hoping we will have the support from the European Parliament and the European Commission."
Anti-agreement unionist MEP Jim Allister said it was "clear that the DUP has caved in to Sinn Fein's key demand over the Maze shrine".
"This conflict transformation centre will indeed be a site for the glorification of terrorism, particularly of the suicide hunger strikers, and the rewriting of history at which republicanism excels," he said.