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Time is running out for EU decisive action on resource efficiency, warns Bankwatch
April 22, 2011

As the European Commission prepares to launch the Roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network warns that EU climate targets cannot be achieved in the absence of binding energy efficiency and sectoral resource efficiency targets, backed up by appropriate financial support.

NGOs welcome EP call on EIB to phase out fossil fuels lending
April 7, 2011

Strasbourg -- Voting today on the 2009 annual report of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Parliament (EP) has called on the bank to "bring its operations fully into line with an EU objective of a swift transition to a low-carbon economy and to adopt a plan for the phase-out of fossil fuel lending."

NGOs call for investigation into EIB financing for the Mediterranean region
March 23, 2011

Counter Balance and CEE Bankwatch Network are calling for an investigation into the European Investment Bank's (EIB) financing in the Southern Mediterranean region in the past, before giving the bank a leading role in distributing European financial support for the region.

Keep European public banks out of Mediterranean region, say NGOs
March 9, 2011

This week, EU leaders are meeting to agree on a common response to events in the Mediterranean. A coalition of Western and Eastern European NGOs issues a serious warning that the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are not the right institutions to financially support the transition in the Middle East and North Africa.

Economic liberalisation trumps democratisation in EU Neighborhood Policy, says Bankwatch
March 2, 2011

The 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.

Bankwatch urges EC to make sure all budget support procedures in Ukraine are transparent
February 25, 2011

CEE 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.

Putin's visit to BXL: Russian NGOs call on Barroso to stop European financing of Russian motorways in light of HR abuses
February 23, 2011

Ahead of tomorrow's meeting between Russian PM Vladimir Putin and EU representatives, a coalition of major Russian NGOs is urging President Barroso to make sure that EU financing institutions halt their participation in toll motorway projects in Russia until there are serious improvements in the human rights and public participation situation associated with these projects.

EU urged to use regional funds for sustainability
February 18, 2011

European Ministers meeting on Monday (February 21) are being urged to reform Europe's spending to ensure it supports a green economy.

Hundreds to protest against ArcelorMittal in Bosnia and Herzegovina
February 10, 2011

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a protest against illegal levels of air pollution from the local ArcelorMittal steelmill this Friday afternoon. The action has been organized through social media and is supported by local NGOs Dosta! and Zenica Eko-Forum.

CEE countries must demand binding targets for energy efficiency, say NGOs
February 3, 2011

Ahead 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.