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First report from Parliament on next EU budget funding for energy and transport infrastructure shows more work to be done

23 July, 2018

On 19 July, two European Parliament Committees – on Industry, Research and Energy and Transport and Tourism – delivered their first draft report [1] outlining what they would like to see in the new Connecting Europe Facility, one part of the EU budget after 2020 that Bankwatch is monitoring because CEF provides funding for key pieces of energy and transportation infrastructure across the bloc.

In Latvia, people-led building restoration receives the largest-ever EU funding of its kind

19 July, 2018

A grant from the state-owned development financial institution ALTUM for multi-apartment residential building renovations in Salaspils, Latvia, is a success story about active residents and the support of their local municipality, which sets an important precedent for public mobilisation and participation.

A different kind of bucket challenge

18 July, 2018

In May this year, Romania made headlines after being referred to the European Union’s Court of Justice for failing to solve its air pollution problem. This breach is about three major cities – Bucharest, Iași and Brașov. But beyond the big cities, small communities are opposing polluting coal industries with nothing more than a bucket.

Ombudsman calls for greater transparency of export credit agencies

9 July, 2018

The European Ombudsman has sided with the civil society demanding the European Commission to improve its oversight of the EU Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). The decision upholds an earlier ruling that required the Commission to ensure better compliance of these financial institutions with the EU law.

China must walk its EU standards talk

6 July, 2018

The seventh Central and Eastern Europe-China “16+1” summit for heads of state is set to take place this week in Sofia, Bulgaria, on the heels of an EU initiative on screening Foreign Direct Investments in the areas of security and public order. The EU initiative comes amidst concerns of increased foreign direct investments – including Chinese – going into strategic and sensitive sectors in Europe.

First report from Parliament on next EU budget funding for energy and transport infrastructure shows more work to be done

In Latvia, people-led building restoration receives the largest-ever EU funding of its kind

A different kind of bucket challenge

Ombudsman calls for greater transparency of export credit agencies

China must walk its EU standards talk

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