Continued EU budget battle could sacrifice clean energy investments and clog...
Continued debates about a reduction of the future EU budget jeopardise the potential of using EU funds for energy efficiency and renewables investments to provide necessary economic stimulus and...
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Time to iron out the EU budget differences – with a green shirt!
The EU budget summit, the much-anticipated showdown featuring Europe’s 27 member states, the European Parliament, the European Commission and European Council president Herman van Rompuy over how much...
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A mostly accommodating lion’s den – the second civil society meeting with the...
A meeting of civil society and the European Investment Bank’s Board of Directors saw a surprising degree of agreement between two often adverse groups. posted on the Bankwatch blog by Anna Roggenbuck,...
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EU funds in people’s hands. When small things make a difference.
A Croation winner of Bankwatch’s Better Ideas contest for sustainable EU Funds has just begun implementing their project. The positive responses from their community and the successful start illustrate...
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As Croatia accedes to the EU, questions remain over whether EU billions can...
Croatia’s new Law on Strategic Investments does not bode well for the sustainable use of EU funds in Croatia, now that the country has become an EU member state. by Marijan Galociv, cross-posted from...
View ArticleDemocratising Cohesion Policy – Slovakia not ready to put EU funds spending...
With today’s approval of the watered down proposals to reform EU Structural Funds in the European Parliament’s committee for regional development (see our press release), EU decision makers have taken...
View ArticleEyes on different prizes – EU funds negotiations enter last lap in Slovakia
The Partnership Agreement (the main strategic document underpinning the new Cohesion Policy) is the place to state not only intentions but commitments, yet the latter are missing in Slovakia’s EU funds...
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10 years since EU accession: less than we hoped for
It’s not that easy to pull off a celebratory mood this 1st of May, even though on this date we mark the anniversary of 10 years since most of central and eastern Europe joined the European Union. by...
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