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Letter to EC President Von der Leyen calling to uphold climate, nature and public health priorities in the next EU budget

May 8, 2025

Letter to EC President Von der Leyen calling to uphold climate, nature and public health priorities in the next EU budget.


Cohesion policy at a crossroads: Navigating the 2025 mid-term review and the next EU budget

December 6, 2024

This report details how the mid-term review of EU cohesion policy should be approached with ambition and a clear sense of direction.


42 civil society organisations call on EU leaders to secure funding for the just transition in the next EU budget

September 18, 2024

As the new European Commission and Parliament begin their mandates, 42 civil society organisations from across Europe have issued a statement (1) calling on EU leaders to ensure the continuation of the Just Transition Fund in the next EU budget.


Halfway there but facing a mid-life crisis: why the EU’s recovery fund is failing to deliver

February 21, 2024

The European Commission’s mid-term evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, published today, delivers an overly positive assessment. According to CEE Bankwatch Network, the EU’s landmark fund, which was expected to bring about a ‘green recovery’, still faces numerous implementation challenges.


Assessment of Latvia’s operational programme

December 7, 2022

This briefing offers an analysis of Latvia’s draft operational programme for 2021-2027 and recommendations regarding the potential for increasing the programme’s climate and environmental contributions. This publication was updated on 15 December 2022


Assessment of the Estonian operational programme

March 2, 2022

This briefing offers an analysis of the Estonian operational programme and recommendations regarding the potential for increasing the programme’s climate contribution.


Progress with EU recovery fund hampered by fossil fuels investments and threats to nature

February 3, 2022

Brussels – Genuine efforts by Member States to direct spending from the EUR 672 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility towards climate action are being undermined by investments that are likely to harm the environment and climate, finds a new report by CAN Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network.


Modernisation Fund to boost fossil fuels in Poland

January 21, 2022

Billions of euros earmarked for a green transformation and renewables may instead finance fossil gas and waste incineration. Fears are coming true that without transparent public oversight, the Modernisation Fund would become a pipeline for projects harmful to the climate and environment. The Polish example shows that investments banned from the Cohesion and recovery funds are moved to the Modernisation Fund.


Uneven progress towards green recovery as EU members submit spending plans to access EUR 672 billion fund

April 28, 2021

Brussels – EU Member States that opened up their spending plans for the EUR 672 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility have made the most progress towards the aims of the European Green Deal, finds a new assessment of eight countries in central and eastern Europe.


Eastern Europe climate plans struggle to keep pace with EU’s green ambitions

October 15, 2020

Brussels – An in-depth assessment published yesterday [1] by the European Commission of the 27 EU states’ National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) highlights the growing gap between what eastern members’ plan and the ambitious targets set in the European Green Deal.


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