Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood announces plans aimed at maximising EU funds

Report of the speech by Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood at the Plaid Cymru spring conference in Cardiff, 7 March 2014.

The BBC reported that she urged voters to reject 'damaging Europhobia' led by UKIP in the May 2014 European Parliament election. She said that only her party could 'further the Welsh national interest at the heart of Europe'.

The Western Mail reported that she had also announced a consultation on the creation of new private sector-led body to seek opportunities to invest EU funds.

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BBC News, 07.03.14: Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood's call to reject 'Europhobia' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-26468375

Plaid Cymru: Press Release, 11.02.14: Party of Wales candidates highlight importance of Europe as £5bn trading partner http://www.partyofwales.org/news/2014/02/11/party-of-wales-candidates-highlight-importance-of-europe-as-5bn-trading-partner/

Plaid Cymru: Press Release, 07.03.14: Leanne Wood: “Wales faces a choice of two futures” http://www.partyofwales.org/news/2014/03/07/leanne-wood-wales-faces-a-choice-of-two-futures/

Western Mail, 07.03.14: Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood to warn that Wales could face its 'last ever European election' if 'Europhobia' wins http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/plaid-cymru-leader-leanne-wood-6782886

Western Mail, 08.03.14: Get rid of wasteful European Union spending, says euro-candidate http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rid-wasteful-european-union-spending-6789208

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