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The pressure groups are calling for member states to consider putting different projects forward for financing (Photo: EUobserver)

NGOs warn against use of EU money for environmentally harmful projects

A number of environmentally controversial projects such as the construction of waste incinerators and motorways that traverse valuable natural areas in Central and Eastern Europe are receiving financing by the EU or have applied to do so, two NGOs have said, who are calling on the EU to stop "wasting" money and look into alternative possibilities.

NGOs Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network – an organisation monitoring financial institutions in central and eastern Europe ...

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The pressure groups are calling for member states to consider putting different projects forward for financing (Photo: EUobserver)

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