European Union money also helped establish Sunderland Software City, a business center that offers support and advice to aspiring software entrepreneurs. Le Pen is calling for a similar referendum in France to pull out of the European Union. They can swim at the Sunderland Aquatic Center, a £20 million project with an Olympic-size pool that the European Union helped finance. The European Union contributed a 45 million pound, or $60 million, aid package to help laid-off workers, but Sunderland never recovered from the loss. PhotoSome residents, however, said they had benefited from European Union membership.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 14:45 UTC