No more (EU) sweeping under the rug!
Blog entry | 15 August, 2011Bankwatch’s waste expert, analyses the draft EU Resource Efficiency Roadmap released by the Commission this month. A good start, but much more is needed, says Galovic.
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Why not do the obvious and use the EU bugdet for energy efficiency?
Blog entry | 4 August, 2011As discussions intensify about the future European Union budget, Bankwatch’s Czech energy campaigner outlines how spending EU money on energy efficiency promises better economic, social and environmental returns than the prevailing consensus about big infrastructure projects.
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From the outside looking in on EU money for Balkan accession
Blog entry | 14 July, 2011Macedonian Bankwatcher Ana Colovic-Lesoska is disappointed by how few opportunities for real public participation were provided during the European Union’s (EU) consultation on the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), the main EU financial tool to help countries in their efforts to join the Community.
Read moreNo guarantees of greener spending in EU budget
Press release | 30 June, 2011The next long-term budget for the European Union offers ways to fight climate change and to move Europe’s economies to a sustainable development path but still leaves the door open for harmful spending, according to Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch. The analysis comes after the proposal for the EU budget post-2013 was presented in Brussels last night.
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Czech Republic to examine irregularities in EU funds road and waterway spending
Blog entry | 6 May, 2011The Czech Republic will stop requesting the European Commission to reimburse EU funds spent in constructing new motorways and waterways that in the past may have breached public procurement rules. Rail funding will not be affected.
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New Bankwatch resource explains ABCs of ENP
Blog entry | 4 May, 2011In collaboration with its Georgian member group Green Alternative, Bankwatch is today releasing its online guide to the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
Read moreTime is running out for EU decisive action on resource efficiency, warns Bankwatch
Press release | 22 April, 2011As the European Commission prepares to launch the Roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network warns that EU climate targets cannot be achieved in the absence of binding energy efficiency and sectoral resource efficiency targets, backed up by appropriate financial support.
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Poland should kick off rail revitalisation now to best serve passengers and cargo
Blog entry | 5 April, 2011While Polish authorities waste precious time trying to persuade a reluctant European Commission to approve a reallocation of 1.2 billion euros of EU Funds from rail to road, Bankwatch member group Polish Green Network argues that the government would be better advised to start investing in rail transport as soon as possible.
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Transport white paper is carbon black in the short term
Blog entry | 29 March, 2011The European Commission’s Roadmap for a competitive and resource efficient transport system by 2050, published March 28, comes with the bold target to cut carbon emissions in transport by 60 percent before 2050, however this is undercut by inaction during the crucial years before 2030.
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In Poland positive signs from Commission that EU Funds for rails stay for rails
Blog entry | 18 March, 2011According to a leading Polish daily (Polish language), first negotiations between Polish vice ministers and European Commission representatives last week failed to convince the Commission to allow a shift of EUR 1,2 billion away from railway projects to motorway construction.
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