CEE governments derail EU funds for sustainable transport and social spending in favor of motorways
Blog entry | 10 March, 201126 Slovakian environmental and social NGOs have called (pdf) on their government and EU institutions to put a stop to the reallocation of regional funds from several operational programmes to road building.
Read moreEconomic liberalisation trumps democratisation in EU Neighborhood Policy, says Bankwatch
Press release | 2 March, 2011The strategic review of the European Neighbourhood Policy initiated by the European Commission last year should ensure that funds disbursed through the ENPI mechanism truly promote the development of democratic institutions, human rights and environmental sustainability in Partnership countries, says CEE Bankwatch Network.
Read moreBankwatch urges EC to make sure all budget support procedures in Ukraine are transparent
Press release | 25 February, 2011CEE Bankwatch Network acknowledges the motivations of the European Commission decision to temporarily suspend 30 million euros budget support because of faulty public procurement procedures. Bankwatch urges the EC to inspect all untransparent practices associated with the budget support they provide, not only in the area of public procurement.
Read moreEU urged to use regional funds for sustainability
Press release | 18 February, 2011European Ministers meeting on Monday (February 21) are being urged to reform Europe’s spending to ensure it supports a green economy.
Read moreCEE countries must demand binding targets for energy efficiency, say NGOs
Press release | 3 February, 2011Ahead of Friday’s European Council on Energy, CEE Bankwatch Network is urging political will from both the Hungarian EU Presidency and other central and eastern European heads of state to ensure binding targets for improving energy efficiency by 20 percent by the year 2020 if the bloc is to play its part in meeting climate targets under the Europe 2020 strategy.
Read moreNew EU resource flagship must steer energy savings and resource potential for central and eastern Europe
Press release | 27 January, 2011Reacting to yesterday’s communication by the European Commission of its ‘resource-efficient Europe – flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 strategy’, CEE Bankwatch Network is welcoming the agenda set by Brussels to ensure the sustainable use of raw materials, their extraction and processing but warns that this rhetoric must translate into action if the EU and particularly new Member States are to meet ambitious energy and climate change objectives.
Read morePolish environmental agency rules in favour of biodiversity with New Year’s resolution to cancel airports flawed permitting
Press release | 11 January, 2011Warsaw, Poland — Campaign groups are applauding last week’s decision by the national General Directorate for Environmental Protection to revoke consent for the planned Tykocin regional airport in northeast Poland, a 125 million euros project slated to receive more than 70 percent of its financing from the EU’s Structural Funds.
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Drop the handbags and pick up the green potential of the EU budget
Blog entry | 2 November, 2010The EU budget involves billions of euros of public money and it influences a huge array of economic sectors across the continent – it also stirs up thoughts of handbags.
Read moreBankwatch reaction on Commission’s new budget proposal No more excuses for clean energy budget holes
Press release | 19 October, 2010Reacting to today’s European Commission Communication on the forthcoming EU budget review for the 2014-2020 period, the public funds watchdog group CEE Bankwatch Network called for concerted Commission and member state commitment to boost EU-funded clean energy programmes in central and eastern Europe.
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Sounding the potential of a European budget “for the people and the climate”
Blog entry | 29 June, 2010After six months of preparations and more than 50 interviews with decision makers and experts, Bankwatch has met with representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to discuss how the next EU budget for the 2014-2020 period can effectively support a low-carbon economy with benefits for people and nature.
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