Danube

UPDATE 7: Juncker on the investment offensive ... against Europeans, the economy and the environment

Labelled the €1.3 trillion investment offensive, more than 2000 projects have been identified by the European Commission’s new Task Force on Investment (made up of representatives of the EC, EIB and member states) for fast-tracked financing from President Juncker’s recently announced €315 billion stimulus plan.

Tags: Antwerp Ring Road Aschach coal Czeczott dam Danube displacement economics EFSI environmental impacts growth Gubin health hydropower incinerators investment package Juncker lignite Lipno mining nuclear pollution protected areas protests resettlement Rovinari safety Slatinka sustainability tunnel Turceni Vltava waste Zagreb CEE EU

Institution: EIB

Theme: Energy & climate, Transport, Resource efficiency, Social & economic impacts, Other harmful projects, Development

UPDATE: Danube dam-busting - Under the radar EU funds grab spotted in Slovakia

A highly problematic Danube dam project has found its way into the Slovak Operational Programme for the Cohesion Policy spending in the 2014-2020 period and has become a small scandal in the country.

Tags: 2014-2020 biodiversity dam Danube European Commission infrastructure MFF Natura 2000 Operational Programme programming Slovakia CEE EU