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Source: Martin Banks, The Parliament Magazine

A new report claims that "substantial" environmental and social harm is being caused by EU-funded projects.

Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network mapped 33 "harmful" projects in central and eastern Europe with total costs of €16bn.

Source: Charlotte Owen, ENDS Europe

Member states are opposing proposals to earmark some cohesion funds for low-carbon projects under the next EU budget and to make funding conditional on compliance with environmental laws, according to green groups.

Source: Valentina Pop, EUObserver

BRUSSELS - Waste incinerators instead of recycling, highways running through nature parks, airports in protected areas - 33 projects in central and eastern Europe funded with €16 billion out of the EU's regional policy coffers are "environmentally harmful", says a study published on Thursday (2 February) by Friends of the Earth Europe and Bankwatch, a coalition of environmental NGOs.

"These 33 projects are economically dubious, socially harmful and in breach of environmental law," Markus Trilling from Friends of the Earth Europe said during a press briefing.