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Such investments are also questionably compatible with the EU's decarbonisation strategy (Photo: Bilfinger SE)

How Poland and Romania are using €4bn in EU funds for gas

EU money is driving the energy transition in Europe, especially in countries still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, but some governments are still looking to use EU public money to finance new fossil gas projects, despite their climate obligations.

Investing in fossil gas infrastructure is a risky business. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil gas extraction, transportation and combustion, whether deliberate or inadvertent, greatly exacerbate global warming.

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Gligor Radečić is gas campaign lead at CEE Bankwatch Network. Raluca Petcu is fossil gas campaigner with Bankwatch Romania. Krzysztof Mrozek is head of the EU Funds for Climate Programme at the Polish Green Network.

Such investments are also questionably compatible with the EU's decarbonisation strategy (Photo: Bilfinger SE)

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Gligor Radečić is gas campaign lead at CEE Bankwatch Network. Raluca Petcu is fossil gas campaigner with Bankwatch Romania. Krzysztof Mrozek is head of the EU Funds for Climate Programme at the Polish Green Network.

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