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Regional funds should not support fossil fuel projects (Photo: AdamCohn)

Parliament: do not let Poland hijack green agenda

Warsaw's latest battle against efforts to 'green' Europe's economy is being played out in the European Parliament's regional affairs committee. Polish-designed technical texts could kill the environment-friendly criteria attached to the next €1 trillion EU budget.

Two weeks ago, Jan Olbrycht, a Polish centre-right MEP who drafts the parliament's position on the rules for the European Regional Development Fund submitted an opinion in which he explicitly asks for oil and gas transmission ...

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Regional funds should not support fossil fuel projects (Photo: AdamCohn)

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