New highways could breech EU emission plans

On Wednesday ecological organizations asked Brussels to examine Polish plans to spend the largest part of EUR 60 billion in EU funds on the construction of roads. "In legal terms all seems ok, Polish plans are not in breach of EU regulations. But Poland loses an opportunity of spending EU money on shifting the economy to purer energy," said Magdalena Stoczkiewicz of CEE Bankwatch Network. According to the report, drafted in cooperation with Friends of the Earth Europe, between 2007 and 2013 Poland will designate only 1.4% of EU funds on projects to boost development of renewable energy sources. In this regard lower spending is only planned by Hungary. "Polish proposals should be rejected by the European Commission," claim ecological organizations. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.